subdue

Example Sentences

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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

They are just data brokers doing business, they say, and it’s not their fault if what they gather and sell is used to subdue and surveil people.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

According to the incident report, an unspecified number of people tried to subdue LaBeouf and eventually let him go “in hope that he would leave.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

As a victim of increasingly effective gunnery, Arundel also epitomized another development that would expedite the end of England’s sporadic efforts to subdue the rival realm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

It took less than forty-eight hours to subdue the city.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins