Example Sentences

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That Mr. Blatter will squelch any serious move toward accountability at FIFA: all too likely.

From New York Times • May 30, 2015

It didn’t help that this dud of a title game followed a dud of an N.F.L. weekend, which SI.com’s Peter King hopes will squelch the unfortunate idea of expanding the playoffs and producing more duds.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2013

He’s a perfect nuisance, and I hope father will squelch him this time, once and for all, the booby!”

From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 by Elverson, James