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The region’s wars have hit a lull in recent weeks, but they are far from over.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

The lull in new models comes amid tepid U.S. auto sales as buyers balk at high vehicle prices and seek relief from rising gas prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The lull in violence that began in June had allowed hundreds of thousands of displaced people to return home.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Bali has seen tourist numbers recover past its pandemic lull.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

I used the lull in conversation to reach across the table for more pasta, but Dad pressed the salad bowl into my hands instead.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Even so, the best work here makes up for the lulls elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

It tends to go through deep lulls once customers get their drives in place and supply catches up to demand.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

As families gather for the holidays, lulls in the festivities provide a calm, unhurried opportunity to have heartfelt talks.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025

During lulls, Rosario showed off the green, red and white shirts she ordered for her and Raul for the crew’s Mexican Independence Day celebration the following week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025

Voices cried “Happy New Year!” and gloating laughter rolled down from the lulls through the darkness like a witch’s glee.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

"People potentially get lulled into a sense of security when the intensity of sunlight is weak and they spend too long outdoors without adequate protection. We have shown that is a problem for skin damage."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

After an initial splurge on travel and entertainment, retirees are often lulled into a sense of complacency because their spending tends to decrease during the first decade after leaving the workforce.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

His point: We are being lulled into accepting “true enough” as a proxy for actual truth—while losing the habit of verifying information for ourselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

Her partner, Art Linfoot, built the house they lost, a cabin with a wraparound porch and a year-round brook where deer drank and the sound of the water lulled the couple to sleep.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

We quickly learned that the presence of the 101st had lulled us into a false sense of security.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

The first hour of the drive was easy enough, lulling us into a false sense of security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

So it was surprising that Miller’s wife, Katie Miller, started hosting a YouTube show, the purpose of which appears to be lulling viewers to sleep.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025

He had a warm, lulling tone but played — like the concertmaster, Frank Huang, in the Sibelius last week — with the selfless stage presence of a section leader rather than an assertive star.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

Combined, they mean lulling the opponent into complacency, Mr. Pillsbury said.

From Washington Times ● May 4, 2023

The lulling movement, combined with the heat, had knocked him out like a prizefighter’s punch.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm