crackdown

Example Sentences

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It was one of hundreds of documents a Journal reporter found in a vast compound vacated in the crackdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The Attorney General's office and courts announced the start of the trial, part of iron-fisted President Nayib Bukele's anti-gang crackdown.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Her office’s Threat Finance Unit played a key role in submitting seizure warrants for vessels during Trump’s crackdown on ships serving Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The crackdown on protesters began in June of 2025, when the Department of Homeland Security launched its wave of major immigration sweeps in Southern California.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

In the few minutes of privacy we’ve had, with me walking him back to town, I gather that the rumblings of an uprising in 12 have been subdued by Thread’s crackdown.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins