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• n  an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
• v  lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
• v  to put down by force or authority
• v  keep to the curb
• v  place restrictions on

• After months of legal disputes, New York City in May began enforcing a law aimed at curbing obesity by requiring certain restaurants to post the calorie content of each menu item.
• Obama will agree that curbing Iran's regional influence and limiting its nuclear activities is an urgent priority.
• We need to begin curbing global greenhouse emissions right now, but more than a decade after the signing of the Kyoto Protocol, the world has utterly failed to do so.

• curb
• kerb
• control
• hold in
• hold
• contain
• check
• moderate
• suppress
• stamp down
• inhibit
• subdue
• conquer
• restrict
• curtail
• cut back

News & Articles

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• Asia stocks fall after China aims at shadow loans
  BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stocks sank Monday after China allowed commercial lending rates to soar in a move analysts said was aimed at curbing a booming underground lending industry.
  June 24, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• World stocks fall after China aims at shadow loans
  BANGKOK (AP) — Global stock markets reeled Monday, with Shanghai's index enduring its biggest loss in four years, after China allowed commercial lending rates to soar in a move analysts said was aimed at curbing a booming underground lending industry.
  June 24, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• South Korea pledges 15 percent cut to Iran oil imports: sources
  By Meeyoung Cho SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has pledged to the United States that it will cut imports of Iranian crude by 15 percent in the next six months to secure its next waiver to U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program, two sources told Reuters. U.S. and European measures aimed at curbing Iran's oil shipments and depriving Tehran of its main source of funds drove crude exports to ...
  June 24, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• John F Kennedy in Sydney Morning Herald
  IFPI chief John Kennedy said the plan is "the most significant milestone yet in the task of curbing piracy on the internet."
• President Bush in Guardian Unlimited
  The question is how to have an effective strategy. Is it more effective to let each state make a decision as to how to proceed in curbing greenhouse gases or is it more effective to have a national strategy,Bush said at a news conference...
• Jerry Brown in Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
  It is completely absurd to assert that California does not have a compelling need to fight global warming by curbing greenhouse gas emissions from cars,California Attorney General Jerry Brown said. "There is absolutely no legal...