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Wait, back up: Why did the fighting taper off?

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

Also, we would reassess if we see demand for AI services taper off.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

The overall rate of inflation tends to slow down once oil prices taper off.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

Nolasco said a taper is the favorite haircut these days and there’s also players bleaching their hair blond for the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

"The media's obsession with Watney's death is finally starting to taper off," Teddy said evenly.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

“If the geopolitical backdrop does stabilize and the U.S.-Iran conflict tapers off, we would expect the pre-conflict relative strength of the Northeast Asian tech sector to reassert itself,” he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

TYG could be comparatively well positioned if the recent surge in oil prices tapers off, as futures markets suggest is probable.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

California’s wet winter continued Sunday with the heaviest rain expected in the afternoon and evening, and more rain forecast for Monday before it tapers off Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026

The economy is likely to expand this year by an above-average rate of 2.8%, the IMF forecast, before growth tapers off to 2% in 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025

Flames tipped the tops of slim white tapers, illuminating rough walls muffled by tapestries and old portraits in which the painted eyes of their subjects glinted like chips of glass.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Some have sent a detailed proposal to the department setting out a "tapered" alternative scheme.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

A private gauge showed China’s manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace in June due to tapered factory production, diverging from a pickup shown in a competing index.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

According to the simulations, this low-angle impact explains the basin's distinctive elongated and tapered shape.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026

With each stride, I squirmed deeper into the Florsheims’ tapered toes in a vain effort to spare my chafing heels.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

The weather was growing hotter as the rains tapered off.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

For decades, the city hosted several a year, but the practice began tapering off in the late 1960s.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Some looked almost identical to the classic “toothpick grooves” of fossil humans, complete with fine parallel scratches and tapering shapes.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

Southern California’s mosquito season typically begins in early May, with the insect’s activity tapering off around October.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

Kentucky and Oklahoma are tapering their rates to zero.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Across the jumble of banded coils Matthias thought he could catch a glimpse of the tapering tail.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques