abated
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Once the rain abated, the field did two laps behind a safety car to check conditions before racing began with a standing start.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
I’m referring to buying stocks that are beaten down by tax-loss selling in the last quarter of the year, which far more often than not rebound in January after that selling has abated.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
While attacks at the Strait of Hormuz have abated for now, those at the Bab al-Mandeb Strait on the Red Sea have turned deadly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Thanks to rent forgiveness and government help, their businesses survived, and when the pandemic abated, business began to pick up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
When their grief abated a little, the companions hollowed out a grave, lining it with flat stones.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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