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Assassination attempts can also warp how journalists cover a president’s opposition, and subdue how that opposition behaves.

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2026

Their bite, which injects toxins, is executed for two reasons: to subdue their prey and to defend themselves, according to the California Poison Control System.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

Fern, whose pen name wouldn’t be widely familiar until 1851, was a bright and spirited girl whose time at a religious school failed to subdue her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

A reporting rule change won’t counteract or subdue these demands.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

President Buchanan, utterly failing to understand his country’s deep divisions, tried to subdue public opinion by labeling slavery’s expansion “a matter of but little practical importance.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

His lips parted, as if to utter some vehement reply; then he bit them with angry force, and knit his brow like one who subdues and keeps down some inward strife.

From Daisy Burns (Volume 2) by Kavanagh, Julia

A solid trading debut by SBI Funds Management could provide a much-needed lift to India’s relatively subdued IPO market, indicating robust investor interest in big-name listings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Yael Selfin, chief economist at KPMG, said the "subdued" wage growth made it more likely that the Bank of England would keep interest rates on hold at 3.75% when it meets next week.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

This rare fossil, with its embedded tooth preserved for millions of years, provides another valuable piece of evidence about how the iconic predator may have hunted and subdued its prey.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

Expectations for relatively limited central-bank policy changes have also helped keep interest-rate gaps more stable and currency swings subdued, even as the potential income from carry remains elevated, Jenkins noted.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

The company assembled in the restaurant car was a very subdued one.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

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

The girl was like a sister to him, but, if he needed help beating up a gang of thugs or subduing a victory goddess, Piper was not the first person he’d turn to.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan