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County-USC Medical Center, was restraining psychiatric inpatients less often than other county facilities and several local private hospitals, department data show.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Many officials would not want to lift interest rates while they are still buying bonds, because doing so would mean that one tool was stoking the economy while the other was restraining it.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2021

One of the officers who was restraining Floyd — Lane — mentioned the term at the scene, and Chauvin’s defense is expected to address the theory its in case.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2021

As his show struggled, critics and late-night insiders debated whether CBS was restraining him or he was restraining himself.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2017

“I have to get some poster board for my science project,” I told Ms. Sandnes one day while she was restraining Leroy.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter