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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

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 reporting rule change won’t counteract or subdue these demands.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

“How did your father subdue you?” said Dumbledore.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023

He cited Philippine national hero Jose Rizal’s description of justice “as the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations while injustice arouses the weakest.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 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

Iris subdues it into a less offal-forward iteration, with ground chicken livers and flesh wrapped, somehow, in veal sweetbreads, and grilled with great care.

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2021

His art subdues him, bringing to the fish-kettle The heads of well-boil'd fish; this leads him on To doors which guard th' approach to a good dinner, And bids him haste, though nought himself contributing.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

Vontobel expects moderate upside on growth and margins for the full year, while cash flow is likely to be more subdued due to temporary effects, the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

At the scene on Tuesday morning, BBC News NI's Kelly Bonner said the area was subdued.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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

The subdued passenger volumes at Frankfurt Airport coincide with the opening of Terminal 3, which raises fixed costs, Wojahn says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

His voice had been quiet, subdued, and I wondered if he had been reading any more books on Hasidism.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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

There was no subduing Kali, as I well knew.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya