calm
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The plan aims to "calm" traffic on these streets with wider pavements and more bike racks, according to the resolution adopted by the municipal council.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
“He just has a way to just make pitches, calm his heartbeat,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Verbal clashes between politicians, late-night negotiations, appeals for calm and a major security operation have all been in the mix.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Hopefully, things will kind of calm down a little bit going into year-end,” said Joyce Huang, senior fixed-income portfolio manager at Vanguard.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Even on a calm day, school buses aren’t safe.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Day-two trading in Corteva stock after the Vylor spinoff is calmer than day one.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Slower breathing and a calmer cardiovascular state, by contrast, may encourage a more positive assessment of potential outcomes and make people more willing to take risks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Taiwan seems to have kept an older, calmer relationship to its own culinary inheritance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“The center of social gravity has moved from the nightclub to the workout, the class and the calmer room.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
But eventually it had to subside, and the ocean was a little calmer after the convulsion.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
But the abrupt end of the calmest stretch in years rattled traders and left many betting that the swings will continue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Tesla is a silly company in stock market terms, even in the calmest of times.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
On the calmest days pollen will struggle to even lift off the ground whereas very strong winds will disperse it far and wide meaning lower concentrations in any particular place.
From BBC ● May 30, 2025
Suddenly, he was the calmest player on the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2024
Claire thought of Alys as the calmest person she knew, the person who had seen the worst of things over her long life and was not surprised or distressed by any of it anymore.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
He even calms people that think they don’t like dogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Her approach, it was claimed, "inflames rather than calms a situation" and "creates a culture of fear and anxiety".
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
“Nothing calms me down,” Marge says, “like making a fresh batch of ambrosia salad. With plenty of grapes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
“The fluidity, the motion, it’s like a little dance that calms those inner voices and lets you re-center,” said James.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
I get him water and the aspirin, and when he finally calms enough to sleep, I perch in the chair beside the bed.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Many returned to their home village when things calmed down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Oil prices rebounded as tensions in the Middle East remained high despite a recent pickup in exports that calmed supply fears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Orelien has promised to produce proof that he wrote the book himself and to speak out in detail "once things have calmed down".
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Yet the start of a second hiking cycle since 2020 has calmed the selloff in long-dated Treasurys.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The baby deathbull calmed in Ella's lap, her big eyelids getting heavy as she fell asleep.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 to 2007, offered a calming presence for congressional Republicans following the departure of a more combative predecessor, Newt Gingrich.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“There is something calming for all of us — students and staff — about being surrounded by so much nature on campus,” Principal Brad Rumble said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“We had a few months where pricing volatility was calming down, and now it has stagnated,” Spence said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Interim coach Marcus Trescothick praised Joe Root's calming influence on his return as England's Test captain in the first-Test win over Pakistan.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Seven’s dad wasn’t expecting it but defused the fire with his own stream of calming magic.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
