were curtailing
- past progressive of curtail.
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He later told the BBC he felt he "was being treated like a criminal for being Jewish" and that police were "curtailing the rights of law-abiding Londoners" to walk wherever they like freely.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2024
Last month, the IMF raised its 2023 global growth estimates slightly given resilient economic activity in the first quarter, but warned that persistent challenges were curtailing the medium-term outlook.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
Of course, the same closures were curtailing our lives in Mississippi, but shelter-in-place feels different when your place hums with four other humans — my husband and three children.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2020
Airlines already were curtailing flights in and out of the region’s three major airports.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2016
Thirty more were operating on three, four, and five-day schedules, and many others were curtailing production.
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