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Steele will be muzzled is what they are really saying but that won't help.

Political allies rally around Steele 2010

MS. MYERS: That they were somehow muzzled, which is the implication of the article.

Press Briefing By Dee Dee Myers ITY National Archives 1994

Gee, sugarman, I guess you missed the fact that scientists during the Bush Adminstration were "muzzled" when they went anywhere near stating "global warming".

MIND MELD: Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature 2009

Gee sugarman, I guess you missed it when the scientists during the Bush Adminstration were "muzzled" when they went anywhere near stating "global warming".

MIND MELD: Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature 2009

Several months later he claimed that he had been "muzzled" by the BBC because of remarks he made during a discussion on the Bikini bomb tests.

Commander A. B. Campbell Steve 2010

John A. Davison: None of your comments have been taken down, so I'm not quite sure why you feel "muzzled".

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

Senator Barbara Boxer was so outraged by last week's refusal to disclose the list of sites that she held a press conference to let the public know that her staff had been "muzzled" and prevented from releasing the information. (video of Senator's Boxers press conference here).

Bruce Nilles: Coal Ash Sites Kept Secret, While Industry Works to Prevent Regulations 2009

Yet he feels "muzzled" by some nonexistent PC police.

David Fiderer: Sexual Perversity in Philadelphia: How Michael Smerconish Frames the War on Terror 2008

NW: I do want to say that I felt "muzzled" ... [but] I only have myself to blame for having to not talk back and push back on the attacks.

Seema Kalia: My Favorite Mistake: Naomi Wolf Regrets Being Paid To Work For Gore 2008

Environment Canada has "muzzled" its scientists, ordering them to refer all media queries to Ottawa where communications officers will help them respond with "approved lines."

Peace, order and good government, eh?: January 2008 Archives 2008