- comparative of damp.
damper
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“Bond yields went up over the last couple of days, and so I think that can put a damper on some of these higher-multiple stocks,” Michael Monaghan, portfolio manager at Founders ETFs, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The recent cancellation of Marvel’s ‘Wonder Man’ may put a damper on the actor’s Emmy campaign, but he still has Netflix’s ‘Cliff Booth’ movie to look forward to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Marriott International MAR -0.71%decrease; down pointing triangle said the conflict in Iran put a significant damper on second-quarter sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Their schedule has included indoor matches in Dallas and Atlanta, and the three they have played outdoors - in Boston, New Jersey and Mexico City - have been in cooler, damper conditions.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
In our house we have a fireplace in Ireland downstairs and a fireplace in Italy upstairs and no sign of a damper.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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Carbon-ceramic brakes and magnetic adaptive dampers come as standard equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
CFM said the majority of parts involved are "non-serialized items like bolts, nuts, washers, dampers, seals and bushings".
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
By Season 3, he’s shaken off his dampers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Components such as dampers, which act like shock absorbers as the building sways to and fro, and rubber bearings, which are fitted underneath a building and absorb the energy of a quake, can be added.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2023
So Debussy’s hanging chords, with the dampers kept away from the strings, represented a kind of return to nature, a move away from the more artificial sound of block chords.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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