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However, this could also help the trade overall as it might also subdue worries about overfunding.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Yields are now returning to historically normal levels as central banks have increased short-term rates to subdue inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The G.L.O.V.E. delivers a shock that is not as strong as that of a Taser, another device used by law enforcement to subdue suspects.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

The judge ruled that officers have repeatedly violated previous court orders that allow the weapon to be used only to subdue protesters who pose a threat of violence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

And she would have to subdue the guilt she felt about asking him to spy; there was nothing about this business that was comfortable, nothing at all.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

In person, Huang subdues his ironic braggadocio with polite eye contact and rolling belly laughs at his own jokes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023

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

“We’ll, you know, look forward to working with them,” he said of Democrats in a subdued election-night phone call with the New York Times.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

However, Investec expects September to reveal “a more subdued picture for output.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

However, the combination of the artificial intelligence trade unwind and election uncertainty has kept risk appetite subdued, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

In 2015, as leader of Israel's centre-left Labour party, Herzog vied to oust Netanyahu as prime minister, presenting himself as a subdued, even-keeled alternative to the bombastic "Bibi".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

His softened voice announced that he was subdued; so I, in my turn, became calm.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

Young was attempting to be “playful,” according to court records, but the other agent responded by disarming and physically subduing Young, who was ordered to surrender his gun and soon retired.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025

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

The girl was like a sister to him, but, if he needed help beating up a gang of thugs or subduing a victory goddess, Piper was not the first person he’d turn to.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan