Example Sentences

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One saving grace is that the pyrocumulus clouds can produce rain, which in some cases will suppress the very fire that created them.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

Perhaps quantum mysticism is not life-threatening in the same vein as COVID-19 misinformation, which TikTok has announced it will suppress.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2022

“The continued uncertainty around the pandemic’s trajectory will suppress both supply and demand for rideshare services until we see what the Delta variant’s death toll really is,” said Forrester analyst James McQuivey.

From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2021

And some experts believe the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the economy will suppress the numbers further.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2020

If they have fallen into Murray's hands, he and the Tories will suppress them, as those lines rate that hero at his real value.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas