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The Bank of Canada last month raised interest rates for the first time in three years, hoping to tame inflation caused by surging energy prices amid the Iran war.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

For a stock market already questioning enormous AI costs, there’s another complication: that this boom could make inflation harder to tame and, in fact, give the Federal Reserve another reason to lift interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

But the blazes this year have been particularly difficult to tame due to a strong El Niño, which has exacerbated drought conditions in the country's forests and peatlands.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

As workloads mount and job security ebbs, people are struggling to tame the pre-Monday dread spiral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Naturally, the lady’s unexpected presence in the tree had attracted the squirrel’s attention, and being nearly tame, the hungry scamp had come right up to her to beg for treats.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

"Opting people in by default is not consent," a user said in one of the tamer responses to Twitch's announcement on X.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Looking ahead: “The catch-up consumer spending and inflation data for October and November paint a picture of robust consumer spending amid tamer inflation,” Kathy Bostjancic, Nationwide chief economist, said in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 22, 2026

Its energy plan last year unveiled a tamer goal: it wants nuclear power to provide 20% of its electricity needs by 2040.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

It’s why I dress like a lion tamer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

I’ll just keep in the background and pretend to be a—ooh, maybe I could pretend to be a dragon tamer.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

Probably the tamest of Harbaugh’s regular phrases, the coach’s final words in each pregame speech stick with Pipkins the most.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024

Cats, by contrast, descend from the fiercely antisocial and territorial Near Eastern wildcat, and they largely domesticated themselves, as the tamest cats began to hang out and hunt rodents in early farming villages.

From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2019

At one of the tamest venues you'll find for a major championship, Mickelson labored to a four-over score, 14 shots back of 36-hole leader Gary Woodland and four shots out of the cut.

From Golf Digest ● Aug. 11, 2018

Yes, he says, even Bill’s tamest admonishments have outraged some readers who don’t want a stick figure policing them.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2016

I think that must have been the tamest interaction of all time.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

“Humility,” Keane argues, “is a vital resource that strengthens the powerless and tames the powerful by questioning their claims to superiority.”

From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2026

“The Lowdown” tames Lee’s mania for his cause through the barely obscured current of hangdog defeat weakly powering his personal life.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025

A quick blanch in boiling water tames the chiles’ heat but won’t affect their subtle fruity flavor.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

Addressing it is a delicate dance for the Fed, which would like to give the economy a so-called soft landing that tames inflation without tipping it into a recession.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 15, 2022

The Manchurian pony is a wild little beast, an individual if ever there was one; but man tames him and puts to use his energies.

From Parrot & Co. by Harold MacGrath

In the last movement, “STAND UP,” the machine is tamed!

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

It was the first hurricane of an Atlantic season tamed by a historic El Nino weather phenomenon, and the first hurricane since 2024 to hit the US mainland.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

A New England frontiersman and ‘49er called “Grizzly Adams” — a name we likely know from a 1970s television show — tamed and trained a couple of young grizzlies as his companions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The good news is that we figured out how to edit the code of life with Crispr and tamed sickle-cell disease and hepatitis C. We did the scientific heavy lifting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

A cavalry soldier, restless and caged in the tamed and political East, who loves the great plains and the memory of snow.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

On top of that, further rate hikes aimed at taming inflation also risk slowing down the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

For Bengio, taming AI's advance is "an international challenge, a bit like nuclear weapons are an international challenge."

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

The Kansas City Federal Reserve’s upcoming Jackson Hole symposium later this week will also be key for the dollar if Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh recommits to taming inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Her father Alberto, who ruled from 1990 to 2000, won praise for crushing Maoist rebels and taming hyperinflation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

In 1832, wizard Abel Treetops of Cincinnati claimed to have patented a method of taming Wampus Cats for use as guards over wizarding houses.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling