Sentence examples for down widespread from inspiring English sources

His intent was to tamp down widespread rumors that Twitter was "shadow banning" — who comes up with these creepy terms?

The comments stood in stark contrast to the Mexican government's tendency to play down widespread and well-documented abuses committed by its own security forces.

Mr. Lukashevich said that Russia was not carrying out any discussions with the United States about Mr. Assad's future, shooting down widespread speculation that Russia could help arrange the president's safe passage out of Syria.

In 1068 William the Conqueror intervened in South-West England to put down widespread Anglo-Saxon revolts against Norman rule and set about pacifying the region.

Hundreds of civilians, including children, died in the attacks that Western governments have blamed on the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, who has been fighting to put down widespread rebellion for 2 1/2 years.

Chesky quickly backed down after widespread mockery.

(That post was taken down after widespread criticism).

Paraguay has failed to clamp down on widespread smuggling of Chinese-made electronic goods.

It is hard to pin down how widespread employee clubs are.

It will be the price extracted for cutting down on widespread player movement.

The economic ripple effects from the tremor spread throughout the world when manufacturing plants in Japan were shut down, causing widespread supply disruptions.