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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

Fritz, seeded third in the 500-level hard court tournament, needed five match points to subdue the 24th-ranked teen and capture his 11th title, and his first since Eastbourne last year.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 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

Finally, the officer driving a van that ferries disabled inmates and others around Sing Sing jumped out and helped subdue the man.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

A masterpiece of bromantic woes, the movie subdues toxic masculinity and makes a case for men’s often dismissed necessity for platonic companionship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2020

It comes upon me with a power that subdues my spirit, yet fills it with ineffable peace.

From The Home Mission by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

After being subdued and detained by the passersby, the suspect was arrested by police.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Dominic Calvert-Lewin: Grew into the game after subdued start.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Hence, the brokerage projects subdued cash collections of 14.4 billon baht, 14.8 billion baht, and 15.5 billion baht in 2026, 2027, and 2028, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“The symptoms have subdued a lot, especially when I was on the IL, spending that time just being able to reduce the symptoms,” Ohtani said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

“I design with a view to a passage of quietly composed, soft, subdued pensive character, shape the ground, screen out discordant elements and get suitable vegetation growing.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

Achelous took the form of a bull and attacked him fiercely, but Hercules was used to subduing bulls.

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