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Boris Previsic, the director of the University of Lucerne's Institute for the Culture of the Alps, says that many Swiss, at least in the cities, had begun to believe they had tamed the alpine environment.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

After nearly 20 years of watching my children play youth sports, I thought I had tamed the “What game are you looking at, ref?” beast that lurks within us all, but no.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2024

A daily cocktail of drugs had tamed her body’s out-of-control inflammation.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 16, 2022

COVID-19 is roaring back in Europe, which thought it had tamed the virus.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2020

She could mention “the lamp of destruction” the way a pirate who had tamed a sea monster could casually say, Oh, you mean ole Ralph here?

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi