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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

A public inquiry into the attacks has heard how Sanders pushed for a charge against Calocane to subdue some of the reporting, due to media laws around court reporting.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

When she came to, she was in a car, locked in the back, with a splitting headache that her pain nanites were struggling to subdue.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

In this new mythology, which is the old, the goddess of fertility once more subdues the barren and stubborn earth.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

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

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

In a sense he subdues and moulds the environment to his needs, rather than modifies his structure in order to cope with the environment.

From A Grammar of Freethought by Cohen, Chapman

A solid trading debut by SBI Funds Management could provide a much-needed lift to India’s relatively subdued IPO market, indicating robust investor interest in big-name listings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Yael Selfin, chief economist at KPMG, said the "subdued" wage growth made it more likely that the Bank of England would keep interest rates on hold at 3.75% when it meets next week.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

This rare fossil, with its embedded tooth preserved for millions of years, provides another valuable piece of evidence about how the iconic predator may have hunted and subdued its prey.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

Expectations for relatively limited central-bank policy changes have also helped keep interest-rate gaps more stable and currency swings subdued, even as the potential income from carry remains elevated, Jenkins noted.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

In a subdued voice, Werfel said, “If you go, Magister Spurge, I will miss you, but I am not sure my future lies in Elfland.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

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

The Fremiels, relieved by the subduing of the Sunset fire, were hoping to return home for the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 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

“I need time to think,” Matty said, subduing the puppy with a rhythmic scratch below his chin.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry