subsiding

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A new study published in Nature finds that many of the world's largest river deltas are subsiding more quickly than global sea levels are rising, putting hundreds of millions of people at potential risk.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Pakistan would likely gain a measure of relief from subsiding Sunni-Shiite tensions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

In the capital Colombo meanwhile, floodwaters were slowly subsiding on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

The protests have since spread beyond Antananarivo, gripping eight other cities across the island, with no signs of subsiding.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

The girl-rat, her alarm apparently subsiding, began picking up her scattered papers.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien