abate

Example Sentences

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That tailwind isn’t likely to abate when the fighting in Iran ends.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

At last, the ice fields end and the winds abate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

The time had come, he said, to "abate the suffering of the Palestinian people" and set a pathway to peace.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

The findings abate concerns that this fatal disease, known as chronic wasting disease, is threatening the species.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

Harry had not expected Hermione’s anger to abate overnight, and was therefore unsurprised that she communicated mainly by dirty looks and pointed silences the next morning.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling