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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

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 intruder was weak from his ordeals and winded from the climb, and it took little effort to subdue him.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

Egad, Tom, she is a splendid woman! and has that air of gentleness and command about her that somehow subdues you at once.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Charles James Lever

Right now, stocks have been cushioned from rising bond yields because earnings growth has offset the P/E multiple contraction caused by higher rates, while bond-market volatility has remained subdued.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Still, the bank faces greater near-term challenges from weaker loan growth as retail loan demand in China remains subdued, as well as larger net-interest margin pressure from relatively low deposit rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Household consumption rose 0.4% in the quarter with subdued spending across most categories, the ABS said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Nonetheless, Strait of Hormuz transits remain subdued, well below pre-conflict levels, about 8 million barrels a day for total petroleum liquids, versus a pre-war level of about 21 million barrels a day,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

And then Kelton, who’s been pretty subdued since losing the gun, says, “That cut on your arm is infected, isn’t it?”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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

“She’s not going anywhere. We can look for accomplices later, too. The priority has to be subduing the crowd. This is a Protocol Six-Oh-Two situation. All of you—go!”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix