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The phrase "and were suppressing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an ongoing action in the past where something was being held back or controlled.
Example: "The authorities intervened, and were suppressing any dissent among the crowd."
Alternatives: "and were stifling" or "and were quelling".
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They argued that police were unlawfully criminalising legitimate protests before they had taken place, and were "suppressing anti-monarchist sentiment".
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Six of its seven issues were declared obscene, and were suppressed.
Demonstrations followed in Khartoum in June and August and were suppressed.
Ang II levels in the intact portion were similar to the levels in kidneys of sham-operated rats at two and five weeks and were suppressed at seven weeks.
Cleaved caspase-3 levels increased within 6 hr and were suppressed in PLX4720-treated mice.
Activists are calling for the overhaul of the national board that approves pipelines in Canada, saying it has a conflict of interest and is suppressing free speech.
Correlated spontaneous activity persists in adult retina and is suppressed by inhibitory inputs.
The rebellion lasted 20 years and was suppressed only in 837, when Bābak was captured.
Much of this is to do with the hormone oestrogen, which can feed tumours and is suppressed during pregnancy and lactation.
As Brendan Gill remarked in his 1969 review of "Portnoy's Complaint": "Obscenity is a notable enhancer of life and is suppressed at grave peril to the arts".
Previously, we showed that Src tyrosine kinases are activated early in the development of human colon cancer and are suppressed as intestinal cells differentiate.
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