Sentence examples for work to curtail from inspiring English sources

The genetically engineered Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were developed by Oxitec, a British company, to fight dengue, but would also work to curtail the spread of Zika.

Mr. Biden touted his work on the Violence Against Women Act, campaigns for female candidates who later joined the Judiciary Committee and work to curtail campus sexual assault as vice president.

His work to curtail abortion rights drew some of his loudest applause here, along with his boast of passing a voter-ID law and his fight to require welfare recipients to take drug tests.

The three men worked to curtail their desires.

Now a different Republican president was working to curtail immigration in every way possible.

The city said it had been working to curtail brutality and punish misconduct irrespective of his lawsuit.

Since taking office, the Trump appointees have scrutinized — and occasionally worked to curtail — climate change communication to the public.

His predecessor as attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, who is now governor, had also worked to curtail sex offenders' access to online forums.

"How do you even begin to talk about it without sounding insensitive?" said Mona Lisa Smith, the president of Mothers for Justice and Equality, which works to curtail urban violence.

While presenting the award, Kerry called her a "clarion voice of the people, even as the Chinese government has worked to curtail the flow of information from Tibet".

Purdue has denied wrongdoing and said the court filings contain inaccuracies, adding that the company is working to curtail the misuse of prescription painkillers.