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But if they raise interest rates to tame inflation they risk slowing growth further.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Did you always know you possess the kind of voice that could tame a wild lion?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

For the doctors trying to tame the outbreak, the worst in years, it is an unwelcome distraction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Warsh has to tame excess inflation — ruling out near-term rate reductions — and ideally avoid steep rate increases that make credit even more costly to obtain.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

She wasn’t Sarai here, but this absurd tame phantasm of her mother.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

I’ll always prefer Mom’s barbecued chicken, fried chicken and French fries, but I have branched out, trying an array of new, relatively tamer foods, ranging from albacore tuna to zucchini.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

If oil prices remain at current levels — obviously a big if — the read on consumer prices for June could be notably tamer.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

The first dogs were descendants of grey wolves that lingered around human camps at the end of the Ice Age, scavenging leftovers and slowly becoming tamer.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

It’s why I dress like a lion tamer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

Chase watched Nicole walk away and wondered what his father would say if he told him he wanted to become a lion tamer.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

“They took the tamest, nicest goats that would have come up to them,” said Dan Drake, the owner of Drake Family Farms in Ontario.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

From the lack of snow to the lack of cold, the ongoing winter stands out as one of the tamest in memory in Washington.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023

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

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

Love tames them, and as each movie goes on, they go from being utterly ridiculous to having only vague hints of a sense of wonder.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022

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 tempest quickly flags; A state Ulysses tames 'em with his bags; Let him be what he will, Turk, Pagan, Jew: For Christian ministers of state are few.

From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Young, Edward

The high inflation of the late 1970s had been tamed by two painful recessions in the early 1980s, and Greenspan saw his primary task as consolidating those gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

There was a strong feeling the Pennsylvania course might be ripe for being tamed.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Senators from both parties are likely to press him on how he squares that vision with an economy where inflation hasn’t yet been fully tamed.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

Cities are squalid crime hives that need to be tamed or abandoned in the Sheridanverse, whereas small towns and Western vistas are quaint canvases fertile with possibility.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026

“Thy namesake tamed the desert and sweetened the minds of thy people, didst thou know that? It is in the books.”

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

Warsh is expected to use the event to build support for his plans to reduce forward guidance and prioritize taming inflation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Lagarde said policymakers must also be seen to make decisions that clearly connect with the goal of taming inflation if they are to retain support from households.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

A mild-mannered pastor, Kenny appears to be the reason for the taming — Shyanne doesn’t want to scare him off by showing too much of her real self.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

Each of those areas is packed with side quests and activities, ranging from fishing and arm wrestling to taming animals.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

The gardener was clipping away at the bougainvillea, taming the flowers that defiantly stuck out of the leveled top.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie