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Example sentences for: stifle

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Unless Starr manages to push the perjury issue back to center stage, Mrs. Clinton's defense of her husband will stifle the public's appetite for further investigation.
By confronting them with budget cuts instead of tax increases-claiming that Bradley would "shred the social safety net" and stifle "new initiatives on education" in order to "give two-thirds of the money to those who already have health insurance"-Gore gives them pause.
As America's unofficial central banker, Morgan tried to rein in the excesses of the business cycle, stifle speculative manias, control corporate competition, keep the currency "sound," and stop panics.
Because the price for Windows has more than doubled since 1990 and because the apparent monopoly might "stifle services that would emerge with competition," the editorial concludes that Microsoft could be bad for consumers.
At a House hearing last week, Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission officials argued that exempting doctors from antitrust laws would stifle "competition," limit "consumer choice," raise costs, and reduce "quality."