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• If Blix tells the Council that Iraq is refusing to destroy a prohibited weapon, that may put the kibosh on calls to give the inspection process more time.
• Sales of the Phantom tanked by more than 34% in the first six months of 2009 as the superrich started to put the kibosh on their conspicuous consumption.
• Secretary of State Powell had said the new Administration would continue the Clinton policy, but when President Bush met President Kim, he put the kibosh on South Korea's hopes .

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News & Articles

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• Krewe of Freret considering dropping beads from throws
  They're a Mardi Gras staple.  Most people can't imagine Carnival without beads, but one krewe is considering putting the kibosh on the popular throws.
  June 11, 2013 - WDSU New Orleans
• WWE Monday Night Raw Report: Cena, Ryback have final encounter; McMahons, Triple H come to resolution
  Raw this week emanated from the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Va. The show started off with a montage of Triple H’s past couple of weeks, which includes his loss to Brock Lesnar at Extreme Rules, being injured the next night on Raw during a match against Curtis Axel and his rematch against Axel begin given the kibosh from Vince and Stephanie McMahon last week.
  June 11, 2013 - Philly.com

Quotes

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• Jennifer Garner in People Magazine
  We would just kibosh it,Garner, 35, said of how she and husband Ben Affleck would handle Violet if she showed any acting ambition.
• Christopher Rants in Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
  Suddenly, after they put the kibosh on that, then they name a lottery director. It makes you think there was really something to the notion that they were going to try to sell the lottery,Rants said.
• Adam Eaton in Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
  It was frustrating,Eaton said. "It put the kibosh on a season that was going the way you (dream) it should go."