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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

But would one want Mr. Ashmanskas, to cite a prime example, to subdue his vivid flair for silliness?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 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

“We don’t know exactly. But whatever method she used, it allowed her to subdue these guards as well.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

Liszt subdues the people to him by the very way he walks on to the stage.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Amy Fay

Once one, two or three come forward, that prompts others to revisit their experiences - which they may have dismissed or subdued.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

In 2026, atmospheric disturbances that would normally weaken the vortex were unusually subdued.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Two days on, shops and cafes around the market square are beginning to fill up again, but the mood is subdued.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

“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

The packaging on the products lining these shelves was more subdued.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

Nearly every afternoon, he commuted home to coach Louie, running alongside him, subduing the jimmying elbows and teaching him strategy.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand