defuse

Cooper said he had to defuse that encounter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

But the 16-year-old's defence counsel, Brian McConnachie KC, said his client had tried to defuse the situation by telling Amen: "It's Ramadan, we don't need to do this."

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

On Tuesday, before Svyrydenko's announcement, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk -- at loggerheads with the country's nationalist president on a number of fronts -- sought to defuse the tensions between Warsaw and Kyiv.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The former President informed the Clinton Administration that he intended to take up a prior offer from the North Koreans to visit and try to defuse the situation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

I’m happy to let her make the necessary introductions and defuse the situation.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The men work for Turn Up Knox, a year-old outreach program that mentors kids and defuses situations that could escalate into violence.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

The songs are back, preceded by dialogue in which Guenevere preemptively defuses their sting with Sorkin-esque wit.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

An unprecedented compromise between the enemy states, the deal opens the way for offshore energy exploration and defuses one source of potential conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2022

Although he is praised by his colleagues, Bagshaw has become a much reviled figure among protesters, who say he is an officer who escalates rather than defuses tense situations.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2022

And although there couldn’t be a more neutral statement, it defuses any insectious worries I might have given her.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

He asked NotebookLM to “write a 600 word news story framed around how Oracle defused the key risk going into 2026 with a press release about a single bond deal.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

She declined to answer questions on whether tensions had been defused with Washington.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026

The summit will offer Brussels the chance to turn the page after a bruising transatlantic crisis over Greenland -- now seemingly defused.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

Traders will weigh whether the risk in Iran is “genuinely defused or simply resting,” because calm in the Persian Gulf has a “habit of braking without warning,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 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

She has tightened drug enforcement along the border, expelled imprisoned cartel bosses wanted by the U.S. and imposed 50% tariffs on Chinese-made vehicles and other goods, defusing U.S. threats of harsher tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam was more cautious, saying Lebanon remained "far" from diplomatic normalisation with Israel and that the talks were focused on "defusing tension".

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

He was brilliant at defusing situations on the field.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

But O’Donnell likens the dynamics of the cast at that time to a dysfunctional sisterhood, adding that Morgan defusing the situation with Bensimon felt like someone trying to comfort a sibling.

From Salon ● May 20, 2025

The small concession placated the demonstrators outside the courthouse and they agreed to leave, defusing the situation, at least for a while.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson