tamp
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The additions won’t do much to tamp down the steady rise in gasoline prices, either.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
For now, Western nations are attempting to tamp down prices with record drawdowns from their oil stockpiles, including a projected 172-million-barrel release that would take the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Cognizant of widespread fears about additional layoffs, Paramount Chief Operating Officer Andrew Gordon took steps this week to try to tamp down such concerns.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
In 2022, the ETF traded this way and the S&P 500 fell 25% as the Federal Reserve began its rate hiking campaign to tamp down inflation and economic demand.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
The former crested with fearsome rapidity; the latter sometimes took more than a century to tamp down, and it was followed by many aftershocks.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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