tamp
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After repeated entreaties to tamp down her spending, Girardi tried for the first time to look at her balance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Companies including Lyft, DaVita and GitLab are navigating the challenge of AI agent proliferation—hoping to tamp down on the problem without discouraging AI use, they told The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
News of the expected visit helped tamp down oil prices on Friday, Barron’s previously reported.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
Sal stews morosely amid bursts of threatening belligerence that Sonny tries to tamp down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
But Phineas and his assistant have done this a thousand times—pour the powder, set the fuse, pour the sand, tamp the sand plug, shout a warning, light the fuse, and run like mad.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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