tamed
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We learned about the annual return of swallows, admired blooming roses and citrus trees and absorbed a simple story: Spanish conquistadors and Catholic priests tamed a wild land, and we should follow their example.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
The high inflation of the late 1970s had been tamed by two painful recessions in the early 1980s, and Greenspan saw his primary task as consolidating those gains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
There was a strong feeling the Pennsylvania course might be ripe for being tamed.
From BBC ● May 15, 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
But despite those large investments that many wealthy princes made, all of their cheetahs were tamed ones caught in the wild.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
