subside

Example Sentences

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Holyrood has voted on assisted dying several times over the past two decades, and political pressure is unlikely to subside.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The feeling would peak for a few minutes and then subside as the feeding continued.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2026

As a result, the Fed might refrain from cutting U.S. interest rates again until oil prices subside.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

And software stocks, irrespective of their fundamental merits, are caught in a historic downdraft that might take months or longer to subside.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

He knelt in the dry leaves and ash with the blanket wrapped about his shoulders and after a while the coughing began to subside.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy