quiet
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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"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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