quell

The security adjustments aren’t expected to quell Mexico’s World Cup fever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

While the country is almost paralyzed, the police still have the capacity to quell sporadic protests that have sprung up in recent months and make arrests, said Clemente Morgado, a Havana resident.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

After all that happened in Australia, should the players not be taking it upon themselves to quell talk of a drinking culture and act like high-performance sportsmen?

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Paz has attempted in quell the protesters' fury by saying he will cut his own salary in half and give Indigenous groups and labor unions more of a say in policy-making.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

It waits around for their return, trying to quell the panic rising in it.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Just wearing the wrong clothes or standing on the wrong block could lead to problems with the police, according to Padilla, whose group quells gang violence through diplomacy and social work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024

This interchange is how the brain quells, for instance, the knee-jerk use of rude language with the understanding that such responses can cause offense.

From Scientific American ● May 26, 2023

There is a history of federal courts finding that jurors’ names are public record, and reasoning that such openness quells potential public suspicions about the selection process.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2023

Strict conformity quells confusion and keeps everyone focused on the work.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023

It blankets and quells me, and I regain my steady voice.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

U.S. stocks rose as fears of a return to full-blown war in Iran subsided, which brought down oil prices and quelled inflation expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

It quelled pressure from some of his unionist rivals and, as a political strategy to buy time, it paid off.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

The 70-year-old chancellor also seems to have quelled a revolt by younger deputies from his own Christian Democratic Union demanding cost-cutting pension reform.

From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025

They were very clear on what their expectation was and what they wanted to accomplish, so that has quelled some of the nervousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

He didn’t burst out of granite like Noah or have oceans break inside him like I did, but I can see that the storm in his face has quelled.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

U.S. stocks rose as fears about a return to full-blown war in Iran subsided, bringing down oil prices and quelling inflation expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Central Asian countries can lower unemployment and poverty rates, quelling potential unrest among their swelling young populations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

He highlighted the role of Major John Obienu, an ethnic Igbo officer, who played a key role in quelling the coup, revealing that many senior Igbo officers were also killed in the mutiny.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

Aside from the military mobilizations, diplomats have scrambled from one regional capital to another in recent weeks with the aim of quelling tensions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

He arrived back in the city in the middle of the afternoon, but went directly to his club, where he played a few hands of poker and dined, without successfully quelling his anxiety and impatience.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende