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Their schedule has included indoor matches in Dallas and Atlanta, and the three they have played outdoors - in Boston, New Jersey and Mexico City - have been in cooler, damper conditions.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

But only a slim margin will be left over, and that will put a damper on shareholder returns.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

Housing activity softened around the country as heightened uncertainty and rising mortgage rates put a damper on demand.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026

His absence in the Warriors’ last home game of the season also put a damper on what could have been another enthralling matchup between two of the league’s biggest stars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

Triggered by emergency systems, control rods automatically shot up into the reactor cores, putting a damper on the movement of neutrons between the fuel rods.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

But it rides on a brilliantly tuned air suspension with adaptive dampers to tie down rebellious momenta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

Earthquake precautions include massive metal dampers that are fixed to essential infrastructure, such as the duct carrying the control rooms’ air supply.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2024

The misconduct affected 22 products for 69 customers, including rear shock absorbers and brake systems for cars, railcar dampers and connecting rods, as well as other components, the company said.

From Reuters ● May 19, 2023

Components such as dampers, which act like shock absorbers as the building sways to and fro, and rubber bearings, which are fitted underneath a building and absorb the energy of a quake, can be added.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2023

So Debussy’s hanging chords, with the dampers kept away from the strings, represented a kind of return to nature, a move away from the more artificial sound of block chords.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall