Example Sentences

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The export of crude and fuel is blunting the impact of the moves by U.S.

From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2022

Roughly 25,000 people are hospitalized for the virus in the U.S., a similar count to this time last year, giving federal officials hope that treatments and widespread immunity is blunting the impact of omicron-related surges.

From Washington Times • May 25, 2022

Yet Twitter itself is blunting its effectiveness from the onset.

From The Verge • Jul. 22, 2016

The White House had hoped Mr. Obama would arrive in Antalya able to make the case that the U.S. is blunting the group’s advances in Iraq and Syria.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2015

Top Federal Reserve officials ramped up their call for more forceful government action to fix the broken housing market, expressing frustration that it is blunting their extraordinary efforts to boost the economy.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2012