Example Sentences

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"When you are collecting chitons off rocks in the intertidal you have to sneak up on the rock. Because if they see you they will clamp down," Varney said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Companies House said new powers will clamp down on the practice.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023

Others may worry that the U.S. will clamp down on its own dissemination of intelligence involving the war, leaving them less informed.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

"The firm action we have taken today will clamp down on those who are funding international terrorism, strengthening the UK’s economic and national security," Treasury Lords Minister Joanna Penn said in the statement.

From Reuters • Apr. 18, 2023

The combination will clamp the kyacks as firmly as anything can.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward