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Our reporters in Tel Aviv, Dubai and London bring you new details and passenger accounts of the fight to subdue the attacker and regain control of the plane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The judge ruled that officers have repeatedly violated previous court orders that allow the weapon to be used only to subdue protesters who pose a threat of violence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Their venom and bites evolved to subdue prey that is far smaller than a human.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Seven years later, President Thomas Jefferson sent the fleet—three frigates and a schooner—to subdue pirates disrupting shipping along North Africa’s Barbary Coast.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

When she came to, she was in a car, locked in the back, with a splitting headache that her pain nanites were struggling to subdue.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

In person, Huang subdues his ironic braggadocio with polite eye contact and rolling belly laughs at his own jokes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

We don’t yet know how MiniFlayer subdues its helper, or whether MindFlayer has evolved countermeasures.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023

Nathan, a rich Jewish trader, is wooed by Salah ad-Din to shore up the city’s treasury after the sultan subdues the Christian crusaders, sparing one, played with amusing energy by Drew Kopas.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022

One half of this cycle subdues tides, making the high tides lower and the low tides higher.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

But our warrior youth, patient in toil and inured to scanty fare, either subdues the soil with the harrow or makes towns shake by their assault.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. Sellar

Reinsve, known for more outwardly dynamic roles in “The Worst Person in the World” and “Sentimental Value,” here conveys a subdued nuance as Lisbet struggles with understanding her place between her husband and her children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

But industrial activity overall "remains subdued", said the economy ministry said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

With the first officer subdued and the captain wounded, two pilots traveling in the cabin took control of the cockpit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Netanyahu told Fox News on Thursday that, after being subdued, the attacker called out to the crew, "Kill me, kill me!"

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

But it was a subdued agony now, a sore I was somehow able to control and keep within limits.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Sun Tzu, perhaps the most famous military strategist in human history, wrote in the fifth century B.C. that subduing an enemy without fighting was the height of military skill.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026

Gigantic or tiny, fearsome or cuddly, stealing from the rich or subduing gangsters, they scamper through the film with lolling-tongued delight and discernible personalities.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

That facts such as these weren’t obvious from the beginning only shows the power of myth in subduing skeptical thinking.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2023

Thao held back a small crowd of bystanders while Chauvin and two other officers were subduing Floyd, who police suspected of using a counterfeit $20 bill at a nearby store.

From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023

“She’s not going anywhere. We can look for accomplices later, too. The priority has to be subduing the crowd. This is a Protocol Six-Oh-Two situation. All of you—go!”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix