temper
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Appeared in the October 18, 2025, print edition as 'Banks Temper Slowdown Fears, Porsche Seeks CEO'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Temper their expectations: COVID-19 has been hard for everyone, including Santa.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2020
Temper tantrums, poor impulse control, short attention spans, knowledge deficits, oppositional behavior, aversions to new things, too much time looking at TV or tablets or smart phones and related behavior.
From Salon • Aug. 6, 2020
The stock shaft choices for the D7 Forged are KBS $-Taper Lite steel or True Temper Catalyst Black 80 graphite.
From Golf Digest • Jan. 7, 2020
“Commandant's been on my back for days. Hag keeps killing off her girls. Temper like a viper.”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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