Example Sentences

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Disney hopes the market’s reaction will blunt calls by Peltz and Blackwells to shake up the board.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024

Investors are hoping the infusion of hundreds of billions of dollars in public money from the Inflation Reduction Act will blunt the fallout from the bank collapse, quickly restoring confidence in the clean tech market.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023

At the same time, some jurisdictions hope a return to mask-wearing will blunt transmission.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Slower consumer spending will blunt economic output in the next year, and gross domestic product is projected to grow 3.1 percent this year and at an average annual rate of 1.6 percent through 2026.

From New York Times • May 25, 2022

Content, my dear friends, will blunt even the arrows of adversity, so that they cannot materially harm you.

From Charlotte Temple by Rowson, Mrs. Susanna (Haswell)