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Moreover, demand for Chinese exports has been softening as key trading partners have been grappling with rising living costs.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023

Certainly, the old guard’s longstanding bias against streamers has been softening since Netflix pulled out the stops campaigning for Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” two years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2021

John Sudworth: "The release of this video may be designed to show China has been softening its stance... or perhaps merely to give that impression"

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2015

For example, while Merkel's conservatives are largely skeptical of Turkey's prospects of joining the EU, France under the Socialist Hollande has been softening its stance towards Ankara.

From Reuters • Jan. 21, 2014

By regular gradations ever since his tone has been softening and his range widening.

From The Function of the Poet and Other Essays by Lowell, James Russell