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Vallejo said the four-day summer camp held in September in the San Bernardino Mountains is part of the effort to lessen those risks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Nonetheless, the judge held that the states “make a strong showing that the Transaction will substantially lessen competition.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Demonstrating “‘a significant increase in the concentration of firms in that market’ establishes a presumption that the merger will substantially lessen competition,” the judge writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Washing or peeling can lessen the risk of infection, but cooking food to at least 158 degrees reliably kills Cyclospora.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

I like to think of that moment in Mrs. Croft’s parlor as the moment when the distance between Mala and me began to lessen.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

This actuarial approach lessens the chance you’ll run out of money, and it lets good market returns flow through to higher spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

As Microsoft’s control over OpenAI lessens, OpenAI has been strengthening its relationship with Amazon.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

It creates multiple pathways for energy to move through the system, reduces wasted power, and lessens the strain on the resonator.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2026

But the problem is that there are good safety reasons for allowing the 350kw super-clip, as it lessens the need for another energy-harvesting strategy known as lift and coast.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

“You need an antidote. He pressed something into your skin. It lessens your judgment. He’s a wizard. Did you agree to anything?”

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

From a product standpoint, PayPal has pushed passkey verification, which it said has lessened friction customers experience at checkout.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

In recent days, a number of MPs close to Burnham - who have no animus to the energy secretary - believe the likelihood of appointing Miliband has lessened significantly.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Neither is perfect—no earthly creation is—and each is lessened by its complicity with the institution of slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

In both cases, arginine treatment reduced the accumulation of Aβ and lessened its harmful effects.

From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026

They had moved back into the lean-to to try to get some rest since the mosquitoes partially lessened, but the temporary roof did nothing, absolutely nothing, to slow the water.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

When it comes to our kids, our quest for optimization is not so much lessening anxiety as feeding it.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

A source close to PIF said the move should not be seen as a sign of any lessening in interest in sports investments.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

Ellen Swallow Richards is known as the founder of home economics, which to her meant bringing scientific principles to domestic life, lessening household labor and improving public health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

What matters now is whether oil comes down and stays there, taking the pressure off inflation and lessening the need for interest-rate hikes, said Privorotsky.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

“That is not an unnatural surmise,” said Fitzwilliam, “but it is a lessening of the honour of my cousin’s triumph very sadly.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen