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Example sentences for: crackdown

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"The latest developments vindicate earlier warnings that Khatami's opponents might resort to provoking acts of violence, followed by a harsh crackdown on free debate and freedom of expression," the paper said.
To punish China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, the U.S. government prohibited the launch of American commercial satellites on Chinese rockets, except with a presidentially granted exemption.
Lin’s crackdown was indeed severe.
The WP also runs an item on the purges, saying that they have rattled Montenegro (adjacent to Serbia), which fears a crackdown from Belgrade.
But he also flatly ruled out, reports the Times , any reappraisal of the government's crackdown on democracy in Tiananmen Square.