keening

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But building infrastructure takes time, as does weening the public off fossil fuels.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

"I think once weening has occurred, the bond is likely to lessen off," says Dr Grant.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

"We were in the process of weening, there was no way to cook - there was just a kettle in the room," she explained.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2022

That brings us to the second issue the BE-4 solves: weening the space industry off Russian-made rockets.

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2017

Hence arises that over weening complacency and self-esteem, both national and individual, which at once renders them so extremely obnoxious to ridicule, and so peculiarly restive under it.

From Domestic Manners of the Americans by Trollope, Fanny