tame
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They managed to "tame" the microbe in the laboratory and make it fix N2 at temperatures above 90 °C.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
That makes it seem so tame, but it’s so, so frightening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Waiting for a tame CPI reading as the rationale for holding, he said, misses what Warsh actually emphasized—that it’s the underlying trend that matters, and the trend is still too high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
On a ground where he has had plenty of previous success, he muscled the ball through the leg side before he offered a tame return catch to Razaullah.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Modern Asians who want work elephants find it much cheaper to capture them in the wild and tame them.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
"Opting people in by default is not consent," a user said in one of the tamer responses to Twitch's announcement on X.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
I’ll always prefer Mom’s barbecued chicken, fried chicken and French fries, but I have branched out, trying an array of new, relatively tamer foods, ranging from albacore tuna to zucchini.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
If oil prices remain at current levels — obviously a big if — the read on consumer prices for June could be notably tamer.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
Its energy plan last year unveiled a tamer goal: it wants nuclear power to provide 20% of its electricity needs by 2040.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
This was one of the tamer, more modern stories, mere introduction.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
It is so obsessively and addictively wild that its tamest moments sound like Richard Strauss on LSD.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
From the lack of snow to the lack of cold, the ongoing winter stands out as one of the tamest in memory in Washington.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
Cats, by contrast, descend from the fiercely antisocial and territorial Near Eastern wildcat, and they largely domesticated themselves, as the tamest cats began to hang out and hunt rodents in early farming villages.
From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2019
At one of the tamest venues you'll find for a major championship, Mickelson labored to a four-over score, 14 shots back of 36-hole leader Gary Woodland and four shots out of the cut.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 11, 2018
I think that must have been the tamest interaction of all time.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
“Humility,” Keane argues, “is a vital resource that strengthens the powerless and tames the powerful by questioning their claims to superiority.”
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2026
As long as an interpretation follows a story’s spirit as it tames sprawling storylines into narratives we can wrap our heads around, people are willing to forgive a great deal.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024
Many Wall Street analysts are, likewise, operating under the shorthand that the Fed tames inflation by raising interest rates, which in turn causes demand to tumble and joblessness to rise.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2023
Goïta, the 39-year-old special forces officer acting as Mali’s president, said the election should be postponed until the military tames the conflict.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2022
Nothing tames a man so quick as to see his woman and childer folk hungry—eh?
From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts
We learned about the annual return of swallows, admired blooming roses and citrus trees and absorbed a simple story: Spanish conquistadors and Catholic priests tamed a wild land, and we should follow their example.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
On a true pitch, small ground and with a lightning outfield, England could not be tamed.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
His reasoning: The gains wouldn’t show in official data for years, so a Fed that waited for the numbers would mistake a benign boom for overheating and tighten—killing the growth that would have tamed prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Investors are growing impatient with inflation that looks unlikely to be tamed on its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Is that a fact ?” he inquired, his rage tamed by curiosity.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
On top of that, further rate hikes aimed at taming inflation also risk slowing down the economy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
How much clearer can the Fed Chairman be about taming inflation?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Kansas City Federal Reserve’s upcoming Jackson Hole symposium later this week will also be key for the dollar if Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh recommits to taming inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Warsh is expected to use the event to build support for his plans to reduce forward guidance and prioritize taming inflation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
It felt good to be a part of something as big as taming the Mississippi.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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