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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

The land wasn’t empty, and Native American tribes fought fiercely to defend it in alliance with the British, leading Washington to dispatch multiple punitive expeditions to subdue them and exert American control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

One comic gimmick involves Appa’s superhuman grip that can subdue even the mightiest of men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

The Norman invasion of 1066 saw King Edward I of England subdue Wales, leading to the establishment of the title of Prince of Wales in 1284.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025

She swallowed hard to subdue the lump in her throat, or the fear in her breast, or both.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

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

Their engineering subdues torrential floods from heavy rains or snowmelt by slowing water.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022

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

He has learned to subdue himself, and he subdues all around him.

From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

At the scene on Tuesday morning, BBC News NI's Kelly Bonner said the area was subdued.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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

An unusual combination of wide interest-rate gaps and subdued currency volatility, Jenkins wrote in a Thursday report.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

After an hour of their subdued quarterfinal, France proved once again that no one in world soccer can control a game quite like they do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

When he spoke again, his voice was low, tense, subdued.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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