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"My concern about it is it will restrain certain people from voting," Sir John said.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2022

Jolly also predicts that the president's instinct for protecting and projecting the Trump brand will restrain him from a campaign of total shock and awe on his way out of the Oval Office.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2020

They settled for the Budget Control Act, which will restrain spending into the next decade.

From New York Times Nov. 4, 2015

Under the Geneva agreement, Iran will restrain its atomic activities in return for some easing of the international sanctions that have battered the major oil producer's economy.

From Reuters Dec. 13, 2013

Sometimes even he will restrain himself, much to the despair of foreigners, so far as to only pronounce the accentuated syllable of each word.

From Friend Mac Donald by O'Rell, Max