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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

Marriott said the conflict put a significant damper on second-quarter sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

If this World Cup has been marred by astronomical ticket prices, that hasn’t put a damper on the tournament in the Pacific Northwest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

"I think it really put a damper on all the watch parties," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

The presence of the commander always a damper.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Carbon-ceramic brakes and magnetic adaptive dampers come as standard equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

By Season 3, he’s shaken off his dampers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

The misconduct affected 22 products for 69 customers, including rear shock absorbers and brake systems for cars, railcar dampers and connecting rods, as well as other components, the company said.

From Reuters ● May 19, 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