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Their venom and bites evolved to subdue prey that is far smaller than a human.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Seven years later, President Thomas Jefferson sent the fleet—three frigates and a schooner—to subdue pirates disrupting shipping along North Africa’s Barbary Coast.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Assassination attempts can also warp how journalists cover a president’s opposition, and subdue how that opposition behaves.

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2026

The land wasn’t empty, and Native American tribes fought fiercely to defend it in alliance with the British, leading Washington to dispatch multiple punitive expeditions to subdue them and exert American control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

“About trying to subdue things in the districts,” he says.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

We don’t yet know how MiniFlayer subdues its helper, or whether MindFlayer has evolved countermeasures.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023

Their engineering subdues torrential floods from heavy rains or snowmelt by slowing water.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022

Nathan, a rich Jewish trader, is wooed by Salah ad-Din to shore up the city’s treasury after the sultan subdues the Christian crusaders, sparing one, played with amusing energy by Drew Kopas.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022

One half of this cycle subdues tides, making the high tides lower and the low tides higher.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

The whited robe remains undyed— No bloody rain upon the path— Surprise subdues the soldier's wrath.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

“Nonetheless, Strait of Hormuz transits remain subdued, well below pre-conflict levels, about 8 million barrels a day for total petroleum liquids, versus a pre-war level of about 21 million barrels a day,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Futures are pointing to a mixed, but subdued opening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell, who joined LIV in 2022, told BBC Sport the mood among the players was "subdued".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Harbaugh was understandably subdued, especially on the heels of a more encouraging performance in a preseason opener at Houston.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

When he was admitted to Procris’ presence, however, her manifest grief, her sad face and subdued manner, came near to making him give up the test he had planned.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Sun Tzu, perhaps the most famous military strategist in human history, wrote in the fifth century B.C. that subduing an enemy without fighting was the height of military skill.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026

Gigantic or tiny, fearsome or cuddly, stealing from the rich or subduing gangsters, they scamper through the film with lolling-tongued delight and discernible personalities.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

That facts such as these weren’t obvious from the beginning only shows the power of myth in subduing skeptical thinking.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2023

Buttressed by the Revolutionary Guards, the ruling elite appears to remain deeply entrenched in power despite its initial difficulties in subduing the protests.

From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2023

“If I gave you sufficient men, they would be doing the subduing, not you. In which case I should reward myself.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin