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quiet

[kwahy-it] / ˈkwaɪ ɪt /








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In the video, Pruett stood by, smiling, quiet, a little confused.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

It’s Morello half-speaking, half-singing against a gentle piano melody that emotionally underscores the song’s message of quiet defiance: “Maybe you can save me/Maybe you can’t/Maybe you can liberate me/Nah, I’ll take care of that.”

From Salon Sep. 22, 2026

Shortly after 6am, an analyst at the University of Utah Seismograph Stations sees a series of sharp spikes interrupting the usually quiet wavy lines recorded by Yellowstone’s earthquake monitors.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

"Everybody has been dressed really minimalist in a specific quiet luxury way and I think people are tired of that," she notes.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

And their first rule was that they wanted quiet.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

A ringing bell, for example, gradually grows quieter until the sound disappears.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

The decision to sell came years after Seyfried and Sadoski made a major lifestyle change, swapping Los Angeles for a quieter existence on their sprawling farm in upstate New York.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

This upcoming quieter spell in the UK is not influenced by the record-breaking Pacific Ocean warming from El Niño, but there could be impacts later in the autumn.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Homar, the Palma tourism official and an 8th generation Mallorcan, has for years been working to attract a new type of tourist: wealthier, quieter, interested in traveling outside the peak summer season.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

He was almost sullen, which was very unlike him, but I understood now why he’d been quieter than usual.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

"The natural shielding provided by the rock creates one of the quietest environments on Earth for detecting extremely rare physical phenomena," says Curceanu.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

For this attempt, Navratil picked late Sunday afternoon as the usually busy spot would be at its quietest and warmest.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

America’s quietest lender is now fighting a bond crisis at home, and this week’s Bank of Japan meeting is the tell.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

The quietest man in the tournament is the best player in it.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Then there was the quietest sound you ever heard.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

When 19th Street quiets down around midnight, the party shifts to the Sanchaung area.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

If the Iran conflict is resolved and inflation quiets down, the economy could even see another burst of growth.

From MarketWatch Apr. 28, 2026

Gabapentin quiets nerve firing in the spinal cord and brain.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 25, 2025

About the only time it quiets down is Saturday night between 3 and 4 a.m.,

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2022

Matt, with his trumpet-playing lungs, quiets them all down.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

As the boos quieted, he authored a quality start in his Dodgers debut.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Though they sometimes escalate into larger-scale military drills, these maneuvers, which once dominated news headlines, quieted to a din as they became routine.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 15, 2026

Even as protests have quieted, repression continues in other forms.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2026

JPMorgan’s expense guidance “has actually quieted some fears,” Piper Sandler analyst Scott Siefers wrote in a recent client note, citing conversations with investors.

From Barron's Jan. 12, 2026

The screaming wind had quieted to moans, but it did not calm Pinmei.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

"This offers a tangible path toward creating a medication that has a similar quieting effect as meditation."

From Science Daily Jan. 2, 2026

And yet it is precisely a lack of hyperbole or hysteria—a quieting control, one might say — that makes it so moving.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

Throughout his campaign, Cox told me, Zuckerman had downplayed his anti-immigration views, and he had succeeded in quieting his opponents.

From Salon Nov. 14, 2024

Showing no early jitters, Martin completed nine of his first 11 passes while quieting a crowd of 110,047 that was the 10th biggest in the history of this stadium.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 5, 2024

He shivered against me, his murps only gradually quieting into contented gurgles as he calmed down.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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