public protests against the dictatorial government were always promptly slapped down
Recent Examples on the WebIn 2021, employees raised alarms that efforts to bypass the algorithm — and pay for longer rehab stays — were getting slapped down at higher levels of the organization.—Elaine Chen Reprints, STAT, 7 May 2024 Lonely drug lord complains about US prison conditions as judge slaps down request.—Fox News, 17 Apr. 2024 Put your rubber mask on, girl, and slap down some real sound!—Anne Carson, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024 Those who do have been repeatedly slapped down by the Supreme Court in opinions that further narrowed the grounds for federal review.—Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023 The Supreme Court on Tuesday slapped down Alabama Republicans’ latest attempt to use a congressional district map that only includes one majority-Black district, delivering a major blow in just one sentence.—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2023 The effort has been slapped down as harmful by the leading international presswire outlet that refused to distribute a press release about it.—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2023 Watching cities and watersheds fending off new gas development bit by bit while corporations block a national fracking ban is like watching Wallace in Wallace & Gromit quickly slap down new toy train tracks underneath himself in a mad bid to stave off disaster.—Nick Martin, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2021 Ultimately, the Supreme Court slapped down a Biden-administration effort to extend the ban — which had no serious public-health basis.—Howard Husock, National Review, 17 July 2023
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