abate
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There is no sign that the flood will abate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
With geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty unlikely to abate soon, SGX’s positioning as a multiasset risk-management platform is a critical differentiator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Richard Moody, chief economist at Regions Financial Corp., thinks Warsh could start to lay out the case for a resumption of interest-rate cuts once inflation pressures have begun to abate.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 14, 2026
They accused the oil companies of creating a public nuisance by altering the environment and leaving the county to pay to abate growing hazards such as the flooding that tests roads and bridges.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026
Maybe then the sick feeling in Jinjoo’s stomach would abate.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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The stress among private-credit borrowers is occurring while the U.S. economy is performing well, a possible warning sign that losses could jump sharply if growth abates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“This year, investors have been more sensitive to Shopify’s cost management and margin dilution, and we believe today’s print largely abates those concerns, and establishes an upward trajectory for FCF margins going forward,” Shao wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
“If the conflict abates by Monday sundown, coinciding with the start of the Jewish holiday Purim, the oil price spike could prove short-lived,” Kaneva wrote.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
After the hubbub abates, Hudson says the hardest part will be knowing that it will be time to say goodbye to the character and the movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
“All alike say ‘Have no convention at this crisis!’...‘Wait until the war excitement abates.’
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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“We were rightly skeptical about this so-called Sell America trade. As tariff concerns eased and recession fears abated, the debasement narrative lost momentum,” Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, said in commentary shared with MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
“As tariff concerns eased and recession fears abated, the debasement narrative lost momentum,” he added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The Greenspan Fed pledged to provide adequate financial liquidity, and the panic abated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Thanks to rent forgiveness and government help, their businesses survived, and when the pandemic abated, business began to pick up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
When their grief abated a little, the companions hollowed out a grave, lining it with flat stones.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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Amid concerns over how officials are pursuing suspects, broader worries about wildfires are far from abating.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Merck, which already lifted its full-year outlook alongside first-quarter results, said this reflected abating foreign-exchange headwinds and expectations of stronger demand in the life-science and electronics markets, together with resilience in its healthcare operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Danish drugmaker said annual sales and operating profit should fall less than it previously expected as demand for weight-loss drugs shows no sign of abating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Key details: Health-care providers created about half of the new jobs in June, a big trend in the past two years that shows no sign of abating.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
It was always there, stark and steady, rarely abating.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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