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“Markets might have gotten ahead of themselves and maybe things are calming down,” rate-setter Alan Taylor said on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund’s Spring Meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Everyone’s doing well, Larsson said, and things are calming down.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024

The results are calming for those who snooze.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023

There's a whole chapter in the book about color and teaching you what colors are calming, what colors are energizing.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2023

"The beauties of Nature are calming and consolatory," murmured Fizzle.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 by Various