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“But the flow of refunds will taper dramatically in May, leaving consumers far more exposed to the surge in fuel costs,” Oliver Allen, senior U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, told clients Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Firefighters are expected to get some much needed relief as humidity will likely increase overnight from 20% to 45% and gusty winds, which have helped drive the fire, will taper off by 10 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

This one will taper and die off eventually, but all summer just kept going.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024

Precipitation across the region will taper off Wednesday morning as Mother Nature wrings out the last of scattered showers over the Cascades.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

If a piece of molten glass be dropped into water, it will assume an oblong shape, the lower end of which will be round, while the other will taper off into a fine point.

From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.