blunt
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The reaction among fans was a bit mixed - but inside the Match of the Day studio, the assessment by former England striker Wayne Rooney was pretty blunt.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Sturdy demand and higher fares helped Delta blunt the impact of what it called its highest quarterly fuel costs in history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Platner, a Marine veteran whose blunt anti-establishment message thrilled the progressive grassroots, quit the race after a rape allegation he denies.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
He said the ability of a central bank to set interest rates and print money were powerful tools, but they were also blunt tools.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Christopher stared about him for any sign of a woman with a fishing rod, but instead, over the edge of the boat there came a squirrel the size of a cat, with a blunt horn.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
A walk after dinner, meaning 10 to 20 minutes of light movement, already consistently blunts unhealthy post-meal glucose spikes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
Every shipment that makes it across the desert blunts the pressure from a closed strait and gives Gulf governments room to wait out the negotiations and shift the balance of power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
They used to come all in one day but as time goes by they are more widely spaced and, to some extent, time blunts the edges.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
"The problem is that most evidence shows metformin blunts exercise benefits."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2025
It opens the Passages which strain off the Bile; sheaths, or blunts, its Sharpness, gives it a proper Fluidity, prevents its Putridity, and sweetens whatever excessive Acrimony may reside throughout the Mass of Humours.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
The beta mom backlash is a response to several converging realities: A blunter cultural dialogue around maternal mental health that has stripped the glamour from “having it all,” and a shifting economic landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
They were, to be blunter than that, living beyond their means.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
Peter Arensburger, a fellow Democrat who also lives in Riverside, was blunter still.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2025
John Frankenheimer, who directed Kilmer in The Island of Dr Moreau, was even blunter.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
Sprat was even blunter: getting rid of the tyranny of the ancients simply involved throwing out what he called ‘the rubbish’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
“It bears emphasizing that war is among the bluntest instruments available to policymakers—economic or military,” Singh writes.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
In the bluntest language possible, it explained just how dangerous this was.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
What Sullivan has left behind is the bluntest of warnings.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
The remarks were among the bluntest yet from the Fed chair about recession risk, although he maintains that there are still paths to avoid a recession.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2022
"She isn't upstairs," she said, at her bluntest, as country people are when embarrassed.
From The Rise of Silas Lapham by Howells, William Dean
The S&P 500 stock index has been higher than it was before the war, and the rise in oil prices has been blunted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
The formula still entertains, sure, but its bite has been blunted by the weight of copycats that came after the first installment.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
Arteta has spoken previously about how chaos and attacking more directly were effective ways for Arsenal to create chances when Zubimendi's influence was blunted by being man-marked.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
High levels of debt, narrowing profit margins, and concerns tied to circular financing arrangements among the sector’s biggest players have also blunted performance over the final weeks of the year.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
The blunted tip glanced off his ribs and knocked the play book from his grasp.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
They are World War I letter openers, made from scrap wood or by blunting the edge of a military blade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
That likely keeps oil and energy prices elevated well into the summer months, and possibly beyond, keeping Treasury bond yields higher and blunting the chances of a Federal Reserve rate cut.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
"Even before the tumors were palpable, we see about a 40 or 50% blunting of this corticosterone rhythm," he said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2026
“I lose it sometimes. I cry my eyes out, for sure. I feel the full emotional impact of it, in slow motion. . . . There’s no blunting it for me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025
Time, blunting the edges of those sharp memories.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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