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Both are reliable indicators that selling pressure is abating.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

There is little indication the administration’s campaign against such vessels is abating, even as the justification for the strikes comes under the spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

As household budgets have been squeezed by high energy bills, grocery prices and other costs, Wednesday’s data will bring some confidence that inflation is abating.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Dollar weakness, signs that inflation is abating and company earnings boosted by China's economy reopening were also viewed more generally as positive signs.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2023

Already the sudden storm is passing, and its fierceness is abating; crowds are scattering homeward, and the sky is beginning to redden over the Yorkshire wolds.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker