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Example sentences for: curtail

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Fertilizer runoff from the Mississippi River has killed sea life over an area the size of New Jersey in the Gulf of Mexico, says an article . Farmers are resisting calls to curtail fertilizer use.
In 1867, under a compromise designed to curtail home-rule agitation, the Austro-Hungarian empire was established and Hungary was ﬁnally granted its own government, though key ministries were shared with the Austrians.
In 1798 a young Napoleon Bonaparte, eager to curtail growing British power, arrived in Egypt and after a short and decisive battle claimed the country for France.
And he also addressed Janet Reno's decision to curtail the investigation into his campaign fund-raising.
He appropriated for the State much of the personal fortunes of the princes, but found it harder to curtail the power of land-owners who had extensive contacts with the more conservative elements in his Congress Party.