quelling
Example Sentences
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Getting that input could go a long way toward quelling any anxiety about new export policies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
But instead of quelling the speculation, the video fueled a new wave of unfounded theories.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
Khmara's appointment has gone some way in quelling fears about the SBU's future effectiveness.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
What begins as punishing a joke quickly becomes quelling dissent.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025
He arrived back in the city in the middle of the afternoon, but went directly to his club, where he played a few hands of poker and dined, without successfully quelling his anxiety and impatience.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
