| stifle competition | 7.44 | Credit rationing stifles competition between banks. | ||
| stifle dissent | 4.28 | This stifles dissent, he said. | ||
| stifle growth | 3.88 | Panamanians say that has stifled economic growth. | ||
| stifle inflation | 2.83 | You can stifle inflation. | ||
| stifle innovation | 2.11 | They stifle innovation. | ||
| stifle debate | 1.84 | ...a shameless attempt to stifle democratic debate. | ||
| stifle freedom | 1.84 | But some evangelicals believe Bartholomew is trying to stifle religious freedom. | ||
| stifle yawn | 1.78 | He stifled a yawn. | ||
| stifle criticism | 1.58 | Journalists said it sought to stifle criticism of the government. | ||
| stifle opposition | 1.45 | Belgrade has since managed to stifle any opposition. | ||
| stifle creativity | 1.25 | Creativity cannot be stifled, she added. | ||
| stifle demand | 1.18 | Higher borrowing costs stifle demand for loans. | ||
| stifle economy | 1.12 | The Economics Ministry blamed freezing weather for stifling the economy. | ||
| stifle urge | 0.86 | He stifled an urge to hit her. | ||
| stifle development | 0.79 | It says taxation would stifle development of new technologies. | ||
| stifle expression | 0.72 | That sounds like a formula easily interpreted to stifle free expression. | ||
| stifle investment | 0.72 | Sanctions also have stifled investment. | ||
| stifle protest | 0.72 | He said he refused to stifle his protests. | ||
| stifle democracy | 0.66 | In the process, critics charge, it has flaunted the law and stifled democracy. | ||
| stifle consumer | 0.59 | They also can stifle consumers from buying goods on credit. |