blunted

Example Sentences

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China’s steady efforts to diversify its energy, especially in renewables, and building up its strategic petroleum reserves blunted the hit.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Arteta has spoken previously about how chaos and attacking more directly were effective ways for Arsenal to create chances when Zubimendi's influence was blunted by being man-marked.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

But time and again the poisonous isolation that absolute power imposes on its wielders blunted the edge of their insight and degraded the capacity of their societies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Yet, as excited as those artists were to support their industry comrades, their efforts were repeatedly blunted by the Globes’ worst impulses.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

It made him proud to observe that twenty- nine months in the service had not blunted his genius for ineptitude.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller