temper
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"Panic attacks, freezing in crowds of people, quick temper," Gershkovich, 34, said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
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
It was as though they were trying us, testing the temper of the country.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“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
"Their last meeting is what calmed tempers," she said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
A lesser preparation this time around tempers enthusiasm, as does the record of horses that have failed to complete on previous attempts in this race.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Wilson, who has a personal relationship with Hegseth that likely tempers his typical inflammatory rhetoric, was more delicate.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
That evening, tempers cooled and we had dinner together, but there was not much laughter.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Yet, the gains are tempered by some serious challenges.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
It’s an inferiority complex tempered by innovative breakthroughs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
That helped the Kospi in Seoul tag on around two percent though gains on the Nikkei in Tokyo were tempered by losses among exporters hurt by the strong yen.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 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
"Those porcupines always were bad tempered," Big Rabbit said shakily.
From "Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust" by Eve Bunting
Because faced with those competing truths, Hochman could have used prosecutorial discretion — the art of tempering the law with the mores and ethics of the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Xi said at the time that the army had "undergone revolutionary tempering in the fight against corruption".
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Biogen lowered its earnings guidance and projected weaker revenue for 2026, tempering the impact of a first-quarter rise in both sales and profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
But Borgli is testing how capable audiences are of tempering their knee-jerk reactions.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
"I'll see what I can do," says Herr Butterman, a bittersweet smile tempering the excitement he wore when he made the announcement.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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