tame
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Stocks overall saw a brutal selloff Friday, after a strong jobs report for May ignited fears that the Federal Reserve might be too late in raising interest rates to tame inflation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
But this is exactly what kids get, and everything else Dudamel conducted over the weekend was, in some ways, tame by comparison.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
That strength made it risky to count on weaker demand to tame prices, those officials argued.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Two weeks ago it was the S&P’s third-cheapest stock measured by price to forward earnings, and it’s still at under 10 times, tame for a highflying stock.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
And she crawled through the little door into the tunnel; and that dark place among the rafters which had seemed so exciting and adventurous a few hours ago, seemed quite tame and homely now.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
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