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Example sentences for: curtail

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It would mean a redoubled effort to secure the country, disarm militias, and curtail the age of warlord rule.
Ireland's British rulers refused to curtail exports of wheat from the country, which could have fed thousands, and heartless absentee British landlords evicted starving tenants.
North Korea responded by canceling this week's talks with the United States, which were supposed to curtail North Korean arms proliferation.
The second major point on which the principals had agreed on March 10 was the need to crack down on terrorist organizations and curtail their fund-raising.
Anti-smoking advertising is only one weapon in the fight against tobacco: A proposed settlement being worked on by U.S. cigarette makers and government lawyers will require that the tobacco industry 1) fund smoking-cessation programs for American smokers; 2) commit to reducing teen smoking by 50 percent over the next seven years, failing which it will pay huge penalties; 3) drastically curtail advertising; 4) fund "countermarketing" programs.