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How to use curbing in a sentence

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Some even want us to erect barriers to keep jobs in the United States, even if it means curbing productivity gains.
Fewer nukes in the world is an undisputably good thing, but the issue of curbing international sales of conventional weapons remains unaddressed.
But high prices in major cities are curbing the speed of the movement of workers.
I prefer a more resolutive approach to curbing drunken driving or drunkenness, and all the baggage that comes with it.
They go on to wonder about the logic of Minister McDowell s actions given his stated aim of curbing excessive drinking.
How do you push the country down the road of market democracy while curbing its irredentist impulses?
It is all done in the name of curbing the so-called bad actors, but it imposes costs on everyone.
He believes that when discussing and planning the question of curbing lending growth, one has to take several aspects into consideration.
If such resolution declares only an intention to macadamize, the contract should not be let for both macadamizing and curbing the sidewalk.
The lawsuits, marketing guidelines and the self-policing nature of the industry have been effective at curbing blatant greenwash.
The official curbing of television violence is not an idle or empty threat.
Adequate legislation should be enacted to ensure curbing of illegal activities in the forests.
Further clauses are aimed at curbing freedom of expression and the right to information.
The former vice chancellor was honoured for his contribution in curbing the hooliganism on the campus.
The urge to play up conflict in print and in conversation is widespread, and newspapers might improve their image by curbing it.
But he also needs the cooperation of the people in curbing the menace.
When she's not curbing her enthusiasm, where does she hang her hat?
Hughes has worked hard on curbing his fiery nature, reining in his fanatical work-rate in the gym and getting him to control and direct his natural aggression.
The state has various disincentives to curbing these practices.
One of Africa's finest exports to Australia is the dung beetle which is doing sterling work in curbing, if not actually getting rid of, the sub-continent's pesky flies.
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A quickening of his pace, and he met her just as she stepped to the curbing.
The white and green car was still riding on its airpad when it hit the low, rounded curbing at the edge of the thruway.
She stopped him with a shudder, and Eric found a difficulty in curbing his impatience.
The driver advanced at a walk, keeping as close as possible to the curbing.
A spate of stabbings over the past week has prompted Beijing officials to introduce the ban in hopes of curbing other random attacks.
He went into Main Street and sat on the curbing before Wacker's tobacco store.
They used these things in ancient days for curbing women's tongues.
Moreover, to be successful, changes must be balanced, curbing some of the excesses of the majority that have been employed to control filibustering.
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