In extreme cases, you might think about muzzling the dog if you're out walking amongst other people.

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Canada's Information Commission is to investigate claims that the government is "muzzling" its scientists.

BBC: Has Canada's government been muzzling its scientists?

It may be that in the nineteen-sixties, when television was still muzzling itself, from fear of provoking advertiser displeasure or F.

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Syria has bent with the wind, pulling some troops out of Lebanon, and partially muzzling the Palestinian factions headquartered in Damascus.

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That hasn't stopped the league from charging into full damage control mode, with Commissioner David Stern muzzling team owners while he and his deputies handle public relations.

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The Canadian government has repeatedly denied allegations of muzzling rather a strict application of a "media protocol" set out by the governing Conservatives, shortly after their election in 2008.

BBC: Has Canada's government been muzzling its scientists?

While there is no question that GoDaddy has a corporate culture that needs changing (at least to me), there is no excuse for muzzling thousands of GoDaddy-hosted or registered websites in the pursuit of social protest against the firm.

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