calm
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“We’re going to rehab and let the inflammation calm down and get back to where it’s manageable this year and try to build back up and see where that puts us,” he said Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
“At 42, you are calm and you are mature,” Fabre said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Voters in search of a new candidate said they were drawn to Becerra’s calm demeanor and decades of experience in government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Chavez's journey to Mexico had occurred "in a context of security and calm," Espa told the Canal N television channel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
He forced himself to stay calm, to think back, his brain processing information he’d been too angry to fully take in before.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
“The center of social gravity has moved from the nightclub to the workout, the class and the calmer room.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
The ceramic work in other bathrooms is calmer, but the backyard amps the look with the pool’s fountain and spa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
She eventually settled her debts and says she feels much calmer as a result.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
"It was perfect and much calmer 20 years ago."
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
My heart is beating slower, and if souls are real, then my soul is calmer here, too.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
But the abrupt end of the calmest stretch in years rattled traders and left many betting that the swings will continue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Tesla is a silly company in stock market terms, even in the calmest of times.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
The calmest of stars was certainly feeling something, because he attacked Friday as if unleashed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
“It’s during the calmest moments that we must prepare,” Eric Brocardi, spokesman for the National Federation of Firefighters said on BFM-TV.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
"Calm down, Nood," I said in my calmest voice.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
He even calms people that think they don’t like dogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
At the same time, your brain’s amygdala, or fear and emotion center, calms down and its prefrontal cortex, which governs rational thought, amps up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
I’m more of a stresser, and he calms me down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
Strategic petroleum reserves designed to calm markets after a major supply shock may remain unused because the market calms and readjusts on its own.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
Oliver slaps his desk until Mr. Daniels’s pulling on his ear calms him down.
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Bay Club employees called both of the toddler’s parents, and Kittle was notified that C.K. had fallen but had since calmed down, according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
“As soon as Friday evening rolled around, the fighting picked up, but by Sunday night and futures opening, things had calmed down.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Fighting calmed down on Sunday as Israel asked its military to reduce combat operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
"Their last meeting is what calmed tempers," she said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Thinking about Slash calmed Nate down a bit, and put that strong, shimmering feeling inside his chest again.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
By calming excessive smooth muscle activity, it could potentially help people with diarrhea-predominant IBD.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
We were laughing and it somewhat seemed calming to know to each was going thru this at the same time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Upon calming the woman, he spotted a man whose leg had been cut by glass.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
A calming presence as things got emotional late on.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Sailing didn’t sound particularly calming and soothing to me, at least not now.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
