temper
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Sunny skies will gradually temper the chill, and while most of England and Wales will stay sunny and dry on Thursday strengthening winds will bring increasing cloud to north-western parts of the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Children can, at times, sense their parents’ trauma surfacing in seemingly unrelated interactions, when Mom loses her temper or Dad goes silent.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Friday's consumer price index data will "either exacerbate or temper" market concerns about a Fed interest rate hike, O'Hare said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
This one also involves a prominent woman of wealth and ill temper who is surrounded by people who want her money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“You are the most like me, Jinjoo. And I have always struggled with my temper also. But this little trick helps me keep not only my temper, but also my friends.”
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
It’s not like furniture or jewelry or cars; it comes entangled with thin skins, volatile tempers, melodrama galore—our whole business model is built on emotion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“A loss of the incumbent’s trifecta tempers fiscal expectations, leading to a post-election rally in Treasuries,” the strategists wrote in a recent note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
What happened to us then should be a warning to England now, because these are the kind of games where tempers can boil over and affect the result.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
"Their last meeting is what calmed tempers," she said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
The policemen had shouted themselves hoarse and were clearly losing their tempers.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
Yet, the gains are tempered by some serious challenges.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Oil futures fell, with market concerns about Saudi Arabia supply disruptions tempered by expectations that some flows could soon be restored through the kingdom’s damaged East-West Pipeline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The two main contracts Brent and West Texas Intermediate pared their gains Wednesday and on Thursday they edged lower, though news of fresh US attacks tempered the selling.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Manufacturers generally choose tempered glass, a spokesman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
It was as if that other Porscha, the easygoing, even- tempered one, never existed.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
Jefferson and Williams this week appeared to be tempering those expectations without ruling in or out any particular decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Starr's stunning, retro-futuristic look has gone viral, inspiring dozens of copycats, and tempering at least some of the criticism of her new direction.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
A third reason for tempering our enthusiasm about the data is that U.S. life expectancy remains far below that of other high-income countries.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Annual monsoon rains are now sweeping north, with early storms tempering the blistering heat -- but also sending humidity shooting up.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Prison conditions have a way of tempering polemics, and making individuals see more what unites them than what divides them.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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