calm
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“He just has a way to just make pitches, calm his heartbeat,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
After several days of calm, seven ships have been hit since Sept. 28, according to the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Having taken control of a radio station, the TPF's "Public and Military Relations Department" is broadcasting a message on a loop calling on the people of Mekelle to remain calm and united.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Before Rosie Whitfield became a mum, she imagined herself parenting very calm children.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Even on a calm day, school buses aren’t safe.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Day-two trading in Corteva stock after the Vylor spinoff is calmer than day one.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
By Thursday, we are expecting high pressure to build, so it should be calmer and drier, and by Friday the north-west becomes the focus for any showers.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Slower breathing and a calmer cardiovascular state, by contrast, may encourage a more positive assessment of potential outcomes and make people more willing to take risks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Taiwan seems to have kept an older, calmer relationship to its own culinary inheritance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The villagers grew calmer, thinking themselves fortunate not to have been tempted by the Devil and then found out in so public a fashion.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
With its tiny boundaries, flat batting track and steep stands packed with supporters in Indian blue, the Wankhede is a place that can send the calmest minds into a spin.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
But the abrupt end of the calmest stretch in years rattled traders and left many betting that the swings will continue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Tesla is a silly company in stock market terms, even in the calmest of times.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
Suddenly, he was the calmest player on the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2024
And even Nurse Beverly—the calmest person Max had ever known—sounded rattled.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
“When everything calms down and slows down a little bit, I need to get my hearing checked out,” Ganfield said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
"I thought I would lay low for a while and seek new employment once the situation calms," said Musa Hashimi, who worked as a machinist in a textile factory.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Nothing calms me down,” Marge says, “like making a fresh batch of ambrosia salad. With plenty of grapes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
“The fluidity, the motion, it’s like a little dance that calms those inner voices and lets you re-center,” said James.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
“I took painting classes at school and I liked it. It calms me a little. But playing music energizes me. Balance.”
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
While Williams’s less hawkish remarks have calmed U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Orelien has promised to produce proof that he wrote the book himself and to speak out in detail "once things have calmed down".
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Yet the start of a second hiking cycle since 2020 has calmed the selloff in long-dated Treasurys.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The crisis had calmed since breaking out in late July, but it has sparked tensions between EU nations who share open borders as well as criticism of the Spanish government.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
When Nathan finally felt that he had control of the truck, his adrenaline calmed and his senses came back under control.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
It was delightful, calming, efficient, respectful and actionable.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 to 2007, offered a calming presence for congressional Republicans following the departure of a more combative predecessor, Newt Gingrich.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
According to the OIG report, between July 2025 and January 2026, the facility kept 79 immigrants in the small metal enclosures, describing them as "calming areas" for people to "deescalate and have time alone".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Sobelman integrated the BioCharger into her aesthetic practice, introducing patients to what she says has a near-instant calming and regulatory effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Words for him were like calming breezes that floated across the pages.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
