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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 note also that many audience members rushed to the stage almost instantly to subdue the attacker, perhaps saving Mr. Rushdie’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Fritz, seeded third in the 500-level hard court tournament, needed five match points to subdue the 24th-ranked teen and capture his 11th title, and his first since Eastbourne last year.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

As soon as we were done, Mouse crept out of the grasses and attacked a small hole in the soil, dragging out a strand of sea lettuce so she could properly subdue it.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

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

O sweet, yet powerful influence of virtue, That charms though cruel, though unkind subdues, And what was love exalts to admiration!

From The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Hannah More

“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

However, Investec expects September to reveal “a more subdued picture for output.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Dairy was down 1.1%, driven by lower butter and cheese prices, as ample supplies and subdued buying interest—particularly in the European Union—more than offset increases in milk powder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

In 2015, as leader of Israel's centre-left Labour party, Herzog vied to oust Netanyahu as prime minister, presenting himself as a subdued, even-keeled alternative to the bombastic "Bibi".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 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

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