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However, this could also help the trade overall as it might also subdue worries about overfunding.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Their venom and bites evolved to subdue prey that is far smaller than a human.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The legions of the Roman Republic set out to subdue the Mediterranean world in the name of the city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

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

The "Ritter" is perfectly charming on these subjects; there is a vein of love through his metaphysics, and of metaphysics through his love, that elevates while it subdues.

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

“We’ll, you know, look forward to working with them,” he said of Democrats in a subdued election-night phone call with the New York Times.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

“There is no evidence of a general late-year inflation premium in settlements as affordability, subdued demand and the looser labour market are limiting pass-through into larger awards,” the BOE’s agents reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

U.S. jobless claims were subdued again last week, defying forecasts for an uptick as the labor market remains slow but sturdy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Bank of Canada expects the real-estate market, which last decade was a major driver of growth, to remain subdued due to slow population growth and affordability constraints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The mood in their meeting that night was subdued: no bickering, no laughter, only a general feeling of grim resolve.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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

Young was attempting to be “playful,” according to court records, but the other agent responded by disarming and physically subduing Young, who was ordered to surrender his gun and soon retired.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 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

Achelous took the form of a bull and attacked him fiercely, but Hercules was used to subduing bulls.

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