becalmed
Example Sentences
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TCL Film Machine, an AI-fueled film studio that was launched with great fanfare in 2024, appears becalmed, its webpage currently featuring to a single unclickable image.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
The merger, coming at a time when the drinks industry is becalmed, would offer savings for investment to get some momentum into struggling sales, Jefferies analyst Edward Mundy told clients in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
The constitutional question, so vital for the past decade, seems becalmed after the general election result.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
On an imaginary island off the coast of some enemy state that exists only in fantasy, a navy is becalmed.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
For all his haste, Captain Eaton had missed the wind after all, and the Dolphin lay becalmed just off Wright’s Island.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
