tame
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But if they raise interest rates to tame inflation they risk slowing growth further.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Milei, who won election in 2023, took office amid promises to tame inflation and institute more market-friendly economic policies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Did you always know you possess the kind of voice that could tame a wild lion?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Inflation has pushed up prices, leading the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in recent years in an effort to tame that inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
We seemed to be playing on the tame fringe of the last and greatest wilderness.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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I’ll always prefer Mom’s barbecued chicken, fried chicken and French fries, but I have branched out, trying an array of new, relatively tamer foods, ranging from albacore tuna to zucchini.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
If oil prices remain at current levels — obviously a big if — the read on consumer prices for June could be notably tamer.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
The first dogs were descendants of grey wolves that lingered around human camps at the end of the Ice Age, scavenging leftovers and slowly becoming tamer.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
And while both fairs were tamer this year than they have been in the past, there was still plenty to celebrate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Chase watched Nicole walk away and wondered what his father would say if he told him he wanted to become a lion tamer.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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Probably the tamest of Harbaugh’s regular phrases, the coach’s final words in each pregame speech stick with Pipkins the most.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
Sunday’s Game 3, another anti-Marshall Ruy Lopez line, was the tamest of the match so far.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
Cats, by contrast, descend from the fiercely antisocial and territorial Near Eastern wildcat, and they largely domesticated themselves, as the tamest cats began to hang out and hunt rodents in early farming villages.
From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2019
At one of the tamest venues you'll find for a major championship, Mickelson labored to a four-over score, 14 shots back of 36-hole leader Gary Woodland and four shots out of the cut.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 11, 2018
I think that must have been the tamest interaction of all time.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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“Humility,” Keane argues, “is a vital resource that strengthens the powerless and tames the powerful by questioning their claims to superiority.”
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2026
As long as an interpretation follows a story’s spirit as it tames sprawling storylines into narratives we can wrap our heads around, people are willing to forgive a great deal.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024
Much will depend on whether the Federal Reserve tames inflation, whether the U.S. enters a recession and unpredictable geopolitical events.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
Addressing it is a delicate dance for the Fed, which would like to give the economy a so-called soft landing that tames inflation without tipping it into a recession.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
This means that he becomes master of purely physical force in man; he tames it.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry
There was a strong feeling the Pennsylvania course might be ripe for being tamed.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Lately, though, options prices have been tamed by an influx of supply from deep-pocketed insurance agents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Senators from both parties are likely to press him on how he squares that vision with an economy where inflation hasn’t yet been fully tamed.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Cities are squalid crime hives that need to be tamed or abandoned in the Sheridanverse, whereas small towns and Western vistas are quaint canvases fertile with possibility.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
They have tamed and trained the hunch, but not increased its certainty.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Warsh is expected to use the event to build support for his plans to reduce forward guidance and prioritize taming inflation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Lagarde said policymakers must also be seen to make decisions that clearly connect with the goal of taming inflation if they are to retain support from households.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
A mild-mannered pastor, Kenny appears to be the reason for the taming — Shyanne doesn’t want to scare him off by showing too much of her real self.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Each of those areas is packed with side quests and activities, ranging from fishing and arm wrestling to taming animals.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
How could I explain to Anatole about soybean fields where men sat in huge tractors like kings on thrones, taming the soil from one horizon to the other?
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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