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It ramps up in the weeks after birth — peaking between weeks six and 10 — and slowly tapers off over the next several months.

It is thought to affect more than 40% of the UK population, the study says, and is most common in teenagers and young adults, then tapers off as we age.

Similarly, Mr. Sunak has a limited number of options for reviving the economy even if inflation tapers off and interest rates stop rising.

The tune tapers off by sampling West’s recent conversation with Jones, wherein the rapper praised Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

But immunity tapers off over time, and the virus has proved wily, spawning a growing Greek alphabet of new variants that are more contagious and deft at slipping by people’s immune defenses.