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Leave a damp towel in the fridge or freezer and apply it to your neck and chest, the top of your head and your lap for one to two minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The plant can grow up five metres high, and it is usually found in places with damp soils, such as riverbanks and coastal areas.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Polling expert John Curtice told the BBC that Farage had been hoping for a "very substantial political circus" but may end up with a "relatively damp squib" if no one challenges him properly.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

The researchers focused on the species Armadillo sordidus, a little studied isopod that typically spends its time hidden beneath rocks and damp leaf litter, where moisture helps prevent it from drying out.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

Her hair was damp from the shower, and she was wearing her favorite pajamas, the ones with all the unicorns.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

But only a slim margin will be left over, and that will put a damper on shareholder returns.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

His absence in the Warriors’ last home game of the season also put a damper on what could have been another enthralling matchup between two of the league’s biggest stars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

“Sorry about that, guys. He put a damper on my fun surprise now, didn’t he?”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

“A basic plastic bin is fine for items stored inside, but Weathertight storage containers have a seal to keep out moisture, even in the dampest garages,” Allbee says.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

This was the dampest of damp nights on Tyneside, with a torrential cloudburst delivering a freezing cold shower all over Newcastle United's Champions League aspirations.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023

In this mild winter, Friday seemed to be one of Washington’s dampest, chilliest, breeziest, and possibly even gloomiest, days of the year.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

And while it's a hearty meal for the dampest autumn evening, be sure save a little room afterward for some cookies, pie, cake — or all three.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2022

Like sea things retreating with the ocean’s tide, water snakes and muskrats went back to the green areas along ditches and in the dampest vegas.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Critics have also alleged that the measure damps the housing market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

Chloroquine might protect patients hospitalized with pneumonia against lethal cytokine storms because it damps down immune reactions, several doctors said.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2020

The slip-on grip looks like a wrap grip, but boasts some modern-day tech in the form of a proprietary compound that damps vibration while providing the necessary tackiness under a variety of conditions.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 17, 2018

The shock absorber damps the motion and dissipates energy, analogous to the resistance in an RLC circuit.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

A quack doctor pitched patent medicines from the back of a wagon: “A rare cordial to fortify the innards against infective parasites, unwholesome damps, and malignant effluvia!”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

The ride and roadholding compromise is well struck, with road impacts well damped and muffled, and transient body motions kept in check.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Spending on new factories, warehouses and other industrial sites has been damped by rising costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

—The dollar remained under pressure after weaker-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls data damped expectations of a rise in interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Sales growth slowed for U.S. retailers in April, damped by a cooler increase in gasoline prices as the Iran conflict continued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Perhaps, as I. S. Shklovskii has suggested, there is a black hole hiding there, which ate the exploding stellar core and damped the fires of the supernova.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

There’s a chance, experts noted, that this year’s El Niño could bring more fall rain, damping the Santa Ana winds’s ability to fuel fast-moving fires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Despite an active El Niño, experts say the Southwestern United States likely won’t feel its damping effect until next year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

This could lead to technologies such as frictional metamaterials, adaptive damping systems, and contactless control components.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026

These modes have limited authority over actual acceleration, suspension damping, cornering limits and steering feedback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

And there was a pleasure in my services, most full, most exquisite, even though sad—because he claimed these services without painful shame or damping humiliation.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë