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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

Rattlesnakes would rather save their venom to subdue their prey, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 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

An Incan princess felt the tenderest of passions for a Conquistador who had arrived with horses to subdue her nation.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

In person, Huang subdues his ironic braggadocio with polite eye contact and rolling belly laughs at his own jokes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

It is perhaps this knowledge of their actual weakness which subdues them since they cannot afford to openly avow feelings which are inimical to us and which would betoken their own hostility.

From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by Hamilton, J. Angus

The moves to go public have come as the restaurant industry struggles with subdued demand, as higher prices keep shoppers anxious about their budgets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

"The subdued 1.5 percent annualized rise in GDP in Q2 underplays the economy's strength as it reflects a drag from rising imports and falling inventories that won't be sustained for long."

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

One afternoon, he noticed Messi leave training alone, looking subdued.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 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

When he was admitted to Procris’ presence, however, her manifest grief, her sad face and subdued manner, came near to making him give up the test he had planned.

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

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

He was the big presence the Lakers needed to be sure of subduing a team whose poor three-point shooting and overall ragged play didn’t match its enormous pride and championship pedigree.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2023

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

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry