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Drugs that dampen their activity reduce the communication of pain signals from the sensory nerve cells to the brain.

I asked Sir Keir about it the day after - but the explanations have done little to dampen the anger.

The dampening down of expectations are the result of how Trump's first term turned out: the Kremlin had high hopes that a Trump presidency would transform US-Russian relations.

People grew increasingly anxious, and the festivities were dampened, when the network’s John King said that Harris trailed President Biden’s performance in the 2020 election in key areas.

However, Palmieri wrote an update to her piece late Thursday reporting that the mood down in Florida has dampened a bit in recent days.