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been containing
verb
To hold inside.
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Contestants say things like, "I've been containing my competitive spirit", and that genuinely counts as a narrative development.
At the same time, the committee said, productivity improvements have been "containing costs and holding down underlying price pressures".
Although core measures of prices are rising slightly faster than a year ago, continuing rapid advances in productivity have been containing costs and holding down underlying price pressures.
Turkey's army has been containing the Kurdish rebellion in south-eastern Turkey, where most of the country's 15m or so Kurds live.
According to Pollack, Washington has been containing Iran in this way since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and should continue to do so regardless of its nuclear status.
In addition, the water from the well has been containing unusually high concentrations of nitrate (53 138 mg/L)—much higher than permissible limit for drinking water supply while the river water had much lower concentrations (0.3 4.2 mg/L).
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But the mayhem has been contained.
Thus far, moreover, they have been contained.
Has the damage been contained?
But honestly, could Zidane have been contained?
The hissing and booing has been contained.
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