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I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
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The major domestic appliance market is a notoriously difficult market to operate in: limited brand loyalty, fierce competition and elastic demand have stifled the industry's profitability.
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I was ridding myself of a lot of things that stifled me.
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One lecturer remarked that he nearly stifled as the steamer came up the harbor this morning.
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Innovation was stifled, however, and prices were unregulated.
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The long-term effects of the policy also stifled competition by foreclosing the market to independent producers and distributors.
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Government-backed broadband might also lead to stifled innovation inhibiting technological advancement.
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These appearances largely stifled the criticisms at the time.
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Critical reflection and autonomy of thought are stifled in this ideological movement which claims to be revolutionary in its ideas.
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The nuns tell tales of highly repressive convent regimes, of a strict social class system, of stifled emotions, of how their young dreams of saintliness were shattered.
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