Verb (used with object) : Curb your dog.    From Dictionary.com. 

Researchers track program's success in curbing aggressive behavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science, from estrogen to madness] Reference

The government needs to take a stronger stand in curbing robbery and mob justice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Voices in English » DR Congo: Baby Gorilla Rescued in Trafficking Bust] Reference

Many Democrats are backing the idea of curbing the health-care tax exclusion, which exempts employer health-care benefits from taxation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Republicans Offer Health-Care Plan] Reference

However, business lobby group the British Chambers of Commerce called the curbing of the tax hike "an important step in the right direction.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

However, business lobby group the British Chambers of Commerce called the curbing of the tax hike 'an important step in the right direction'.    From Wordnik.com.  [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference

90 players, they will apparently begin curbing that privilege.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Ex-champion Brewer passes on dinner] Reference

She has won praise for the issues she has chosen to champion, such as curbing childhood obesity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democrats call on Michelle Obama to hit the campaign trail] Reference

Perhaps also, some good sobering advice to government, such as curbing the inflow of the increasing numbers of immigrants of dubious character.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Extreme 'curbing' case heads to court court judge Oct. 7 to face 33 counts of fraud.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Still too many vehicles spewing smog on city's roadways] Reference

U.S. - Israeli positions have converged quietly in recent months on issues such as curbing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kentucky.com: Homepage] Reference

Paul Volcker went to Congress to bat for his plan to limit banks 'riskier activities, such as curbing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference

Ms Hasina has said there are many challenges ahead, such as curbing poverty, fighting militancy and boosting the economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Google News Canada - Top Stories] Reference

Astounding that the credit card industry has remained unregulated -- or at least has escaped any kind of curbing -- for so long.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

Israel wasn't "curbing" Palestinian independence aspirations-it was offering the Palestinians their first ever independent state.    From Wordnik.com.  [CAMERA Snapshots] Reference

American History X will rightly argue that the "curbing" scene is one of the most disturbing sequences in motion picture history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mania News Feed] Reference

Barack Obama's state of the union address at 0200 GMT, which expected to hit populist themes such as curbing Wall Street excesses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

Most municipalities have "curbing" laws in one form or another and can fine owners who don't pick up after their dogs in public areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freep.com - RSS] Reference

"I hope to be back to continue a lot of the things I'd been working on such as curbing taxes -- watching out for our taxpayers 'money.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference

"curbing" this self-will were improved upon by new ones.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894)] Reference

After six months, Roots has had some success in curbing the worst savagery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teaching Sensitivity To Skinheads] Reference

Yet manufacturers show no sign of curbing the flood of new designs in 1993.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Daddy, Can I Have One?'] Reference

And unlike businesses, they aren't subject to the curbing forces of the marketplace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where The Money Is] Reference

There is no easy way to curb the role of money in politics without curbing free expression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Pols Into Crooks] Reference

He gave the central bank a free hand to control inflation, even at the price of curbing growth.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Most Popular Politician on Earth'] Reference

HELMSHe calls the United Nations "that heinesis" and may oppose treaties curbing chemical weapons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goodbye Welfare State] Reference

No serious deficit reduction is possible without curbing widely used Medicare and Medicaid programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Facing The Economy: There's No Safe Haven] Reference

Undoing the damage will take more than curbing the budget deficit and improving worker training, he asserts.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE HAND WRINGERS] Reference

In the 1880s and 1890s, he reorganized many railroads to restore their profitability by curbing competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [J. P. Morgan Rises Again] Reference

Like Prozac, they boost the effects of the brain chemical serotonin, curbing cravings and promoting feelings of satiety.    From Wordnik.com.  [After Fen-Phen] Reference

Let the ACLU worry about whether the administration has gone too far in curbing constitutional rights and civil liberties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Letter: Ashcroft Is Watching Us But Who's Watching Ashcroft] Reference

But progressives, tutored by Biblical scholars, succeeded in curbing what some saw as dangerous deviation toward Mariolatry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hail, Mary] Reference

And for the ultrarich, though they may be curbing purchases of yachts and airplanes, "tennis is more comfortable," she notes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Game, Set, Profit] Reference

Our April 5 cover story on how the debate over what is "natural" is curbing scientific research prompted readers to weigh in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: A Research Phobia?] Reference

Health experts, conservationists and a growing number of lawmakers agree that curbing the bushmeat trade is a critical first step.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breeding Grounds] Reference