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has subdued

  • present perfect of subdue (3rd person singular).

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But in recent years, the country’s military has subdued many groups and the Philippine government has said there is no evidence the Akrams received military training in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 22, 2025

By Season 4, which began last week, Homelander has subdued his rivals and taken effective control of Vought.

From New York Times Jun. 19, 2024

Gerckens and original music by Miriam Sturm and Michael Bodeen, has subdued charm.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 31, 2023

Despite the impact of the Games on his life, he hopes they succeed, and is saddened that the pandemic has subdued the high spirits that would normally surround them.

From Reuters Jul. 1, 2021

Juan de Salcedo has subdued the province of Ilocos, and founded the town of Fernandina.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen