becalmed
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She recounts being jerked from sleep by the screams of alarms when First Light is becalmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
TCL Film Machine, an AI-fueled film studio that was launched with great fanfare in 2024, appears becalmed, its webpage currently featuring to a single unclickable image.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
Instead Root becalmed the situation with flawless defence, perfect judgement and endless determination.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2024
Distracted by the recent death of his wife — whose loss he medicates by reading his sappy scribblings aloud to a rapt writing group — Sanders seems drained and becalmed.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
He knew the answer, though- For twelve days now the ship had floated becalmed in the Gulf of Grief.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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