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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
stanch .
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Examples
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U.S. officials want Europeans to create a "firewall" that stanches fear of a broader contagion in Europe and calms investors.
France, U.S. Diverge on G-20 Goals Damian Paletta 2011
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I think I have to wait until the blood stanches before I do that again.
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Squandering ooze to squeezed 'dough, crust, dust; stanches, starches ...
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The hand of this woman stanches the secret wounds in many families.
Eug�nie Grandet 2007
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Squandering ooze to squeezed ' dough, crust, dust; stanches, starches
in like a lion Fred 2007
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Squandering ooze to squeezed ' dough, crust, dust; stanches, starches
Archive 2007-03-01 Fred 2007
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The city immediately stanches the blood flow from lease expenses and maintenance expenses on equipment that has become an albatross.
Tough Questions Randy Smith 2005
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This bandage stanches bleeding and becomes part of the clot, circumventing the trauma of traditional bandage removal.
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He rallies the base and stanches some of the bleeding.
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I long and know not what I will: And not a sound of life or laughter stanches
Crome Yellow Aldous Huxley 1928
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