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Higher borrowing costs put a damper on spending plans for both firms and households, but savers could benefit from the better returns on their funds, particularly if they hold bonds.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

Critics warn they could put a damper on investment in the U.S. from the European Union and other places.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

Her appearance always acted as a damper to the curiosity raised by her oral oddities: hard-featured and staid, she had no point to which interest could attach.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Keep everything from the road-scanning camera on the front bumper—which allows the adaptive suspension dampers to respond to the road predictively—to the hidden hatch button in the rear wiper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

Earthquake precautions include massive metal dampers that are fixed to essential infrastructure, such as the duct carrying the control rooms’ air supply.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2024

CFM said the majority of parts involved are "non-serialized items like bolts, nuts, washers, dampers, seals and bushings".

From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023

Moreover, they added, in many buildings, the underlying air-handling infrastructure — the fans and filters, dampers and ductwork — is poorly maintained, and improving indoor air quality will require investing in these basic technologies.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

So Debussy’s hanging chords, with the dampers kept away from the strings, represented a kind of return to nature, a move away from the more artificial sound of block chords.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall