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“I still don’t know which,” he said, setting out to clear the seaweed and tamp down the sand at the world’s only cricket club to play all its home matches on the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

As the search continued for the 86 people presumed missing, coast guard, military personnel and local responders were working to tamp down the thick smoke billowing from the ferry.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

High debt levels can tamp down the value of bonds because it increases their supply and stokes worry about rising inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Snapchat is trying to tamp down on AI-generated videos.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Her father says to tamp down her imagination.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

When I exclaim aloud at this huge number, he tamps down my amazement: “No, no. There’s so much left—90% of this music is still unrecovered, unknown.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 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

As the job market weakens, paycheck growth slows, which further tamps down buying.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

To understand how the body can fuel intense exercise or fight off disease without busting energy limits, Pontzer and his students are exploring how the body tamps down other activities.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 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

A mission in southern Iraq had tamped down tribal warfare and insurgency without bloodshed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

Vance tamped down expectations before leaving Washington on Friday morning.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

With all these factors taken into consideration, Reback believes Azure revenue acceleration is “unlikely” in the near term and likely will be tamped down by supply constraints and competitive pressure.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

That big grin was back, but then she tamped down on it again, cheeks flushing a deep burgundy, and looked away.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Cardinals can surprise you — just ask the Rams — but Denver does a good job of tamping down opposing quarterbacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has sent investors a message: When it comes to tamping down inflation, he means business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

After all, the tamping iron carried away pieces of Phineas's brain.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman