Wet blanket Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster

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The intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will be all over El Salvadoran banks, businesses, and other financial institutions like a wet blanket . . .

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Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 16 July 2021

Previous studies have established that tickling is mood-dependent—anxiety and unfamiliarity suppress it like a wet blanket.

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Max G. Levy, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022

News of still-hot inflation was a wet blanket for markets, which had been holding out for signs that might nudge the Fed to put a brake on interest rate hikes.

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Heard Editors, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2023

That means a towel that is easy to clean with and wash, one that can take on plenty of moisture and not feel like, well, a wet blanket.

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Men’s Health, 7 Feb. 2023

The usually randy red planet is being a wet blanket, having turned retrograde in Gemini and your erotic eighth house from October 30 until January 12.

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The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022

But California tax policy could throw a wet blanket over the party.

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Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022

Despite record low unemployment, job growth and rising wages, inflation continues to rise to levels not seen in decades — a wet blanket on an otherwise robust economy.

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Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022

Some might think this seems like party poopers that want to place a wet blanket over some good-natured fun.

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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022

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