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The US does have the Federal Reserve, which does have some power to tranquillise bond markets.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2025

The state government held an all-party meeting and promised to cover medical expenses of those affected by such attacks, while the forest department said it had issued orders to tranquillise the elephant that attacked Joseph.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2024

Kingston and his wife did their best to tranquillise her; but her passionate protestations of innocence made no impression upon them.

From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp

Deeply moved to the bottom of my heart, I strove to tranquillise his mind, and direct his thoughts from such afflicting topics.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo

I endeavoured to tranquillise her by every means I could think of.

From With Axe and Rifle by Meyer, H.