abate

Example Sentences

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Bessent, as part of efforts to abate market turmoil, has temporarily lifted US sanctions on Iranian and Russian oil that had already been loaded onto ships.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

At last, the ice fields end and the winds abate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Foreign Secretary David Lammy told the BBC that the world had seen "the most horrific scenes" in Gaza and the time had come "to abate the suffering of the Palestinian people".

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

However, a question that will be raised during CBA negotiations is whether the surge in fan interest and revenue will continue or abate over time.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

The pain that had been building in their arms and legs and chests did not abate, but it fled to the backs of their minds, chased there by a sense, almost, of invulnerability.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown