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Paoletta has also fought against the independent Government Accountability Office’s efforts to tamp down the OMB’s violations of budget law.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Peter’s inner despair gets externalized when he invents a genetic inhibitor neck implant to tamp down his sensitivity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

They are expected to provide clarity and tamp down unwarranted panic, not stoke conspiracy theories.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

Alito’s inner circle has tried to tamp down the speculation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

I tamp it down, but not by much.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

As the lack of workforce tamps down business growth, fewer U.S.-born workers are hired as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

“Seeing all the results tamps down their unrealistic expectations,” he said, as they conclude for themselves that they need to rethink their retirement timetable.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025

Before he steps in the box for each at-bat, Kelenic takes the end of his Victus bat and tamps a small indentation out in front of the center of the plate.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

Clowse pinned her hopes on another lupus treatment: rituximab, a monoclonal antibody first approved in 1997 that tamps down the immune system.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 16, 2022

As soon as she has finished laying her eggs, Mother Turtle carefully scrapes this dirt back over them and tamps it down, much as a foundryman tamps the sand in a mould.

From The Adventures of a Grain of Dust by Hallam Hawksworth

Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, for his part, has emphasized that inflation must be tamped down, but he has declined to specify how exactly the central bank is likely to handle stubborn price increases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

But mostly they tamped down speculation about a rift in their partnership.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

Vance tamped down expectations before leaving Washington on Friday morning.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

While homeowners who would have sold otherwise may choose to stay put at a time when home prices and mortgage rates have tamped down on demand, builders have no such luxury.

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

Pet glimmered back into sight for Redemption, who jumped a little in surprise but tamped it down quickly.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

The town has been bullish in preserving its way of life, including attempting to remove an unpermitted art installation on a rancher’s property and tamping down on noisy jets at a regional airport.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

In its obituary, the William F. Buckley-founded National Review praised the former secretary of state as a man who spent his life tamping down turmoil.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

That can work its way into the housing market by shrinking buyers’ budgets and tamping down on home-price growth.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

But Agnes is a mystery even to herself, it seems, tamping down her feelings until they come tumbling out in strange ways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025

Down she got on her knees and began tamping the grass back.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez