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The Bank of Canada last month raised interest rates for the first time in three years, hoping to tame inflation caused by surging energy prices amid the Iran war.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

For a stock market already questioning enormous AI costs, there’s another complication: that this boom could make inflation harder to tame and, in fact, give the Federal Reserve another reason to lift interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack says businesses’ pricing power and a strong economy show interest rates must go higher to tame inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

He had three chances in eight minutes - a tame shot, a clipped attempt and then the big one - played in by Gilmour but pulled wide.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

“A person is never done being mad. Anger is a memory never forgotten. You only tame it.”

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

"Opting people in by default is not consent," a user said in one of the tamer responses to Twitch's announcement on X.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The first dogs were descendants of grey wolves that lingered around human camps at the end of the Ice Age, scavenging leftovers and slowly becoming tamer.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Looking ahead: “The catch-up consumer spending and inflation data for October and November paint a picture of robust consumer spending amid tamer inflation,” Kathy Bostjancic, Nationwide chief economist, said in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 22, 2026

And while both fairs were tamer this year than they have been in the past, there was still plenty to celebrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

This was one of the tamer, more modern stories, mere introduction.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

It is so obsessively and addictively wild that its tamest moments sound like Richard Strauss on LSD.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Sunday’s Game 3, another anti-Marshall Ruy Lopez line, was the tamest of the match so far.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 30, 2021

Cats, by contrast, descend from the fiercely antisocial and territorial Near Eastern wildcat, and they largely domesticated themselves, as the tamest cats began to hang out and hunt rodents in early farming villages.

From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2019

At one of the tamest venues you'll find for a major championship, Mickelson labored to a four-over score, 14 shots back of 36-hole leader Gary Woodland and four shots out of the cut.

From Golf Digest ● Aug. 11, 2018

I think that must have been the tamest interaction of all time.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

“Humility,” Keane argues, “is a vital resource that strengthens the powerless and tames the powerful by questioning their claims to superiority.”

From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2026

As long as an interpretation follows a story’s spirit as it tames sprawling storylines into narratives we can wrap our heads around, people are willing to forgive a great deal.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024

Those gains reversed Thursday as investors grappled with the realization the Fed might not be able to give the economy a soft landing that tames inflation while avoiding a recession.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 16, 2022

It didn’t help that they were playing one of the better defensive and rebounding tames in the country.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2022

From these uncontrolled actions our dear country has suffered much, and will suffer much more in the future, till it tames them.

From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz

It was the first hurricane of an Atlantic season tamed by a historic El Nino weather phenomenon, and the first hurricane since 2024 to hit the US mainland.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Comfort with Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh’s strategy and hopes for a rapid return of Saudi oil to market tamed inflation concerns and crude futures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

A New England frontiersman and ‘49er called “Grizzly Adams” — a name we likely know from a 1970s television show — tamed and trained a couple of young grizzlies as his companions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

We learned about the annual return of swallows, admired blooming roses and citrus trees and absorbed a simple story: Spanish conquistadors and Catholic priests tamed a wild land, and we should follow their example.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

I saw that he was no house cat to be tamed, but a malicious cat, even a dangerous one.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

On top of that, further rate hikes aimed at taming inflation also risk slowing down the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

For Bengio, taming AI's advance is "an international challenge, a bit like nuclear weapons are an international challenge."

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

The Kansas City Federal Reserve’s upcoming Jackson Hole symposium later this week will also be key for the dollar if Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh recommits to taming inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

All eyes have been on the Fed since new chair Kevin Warsh took over, with the central bank indicating its focus was firmly on taming surging inflation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Keeping wild animals as pets, and taming them, constitute an initial stage in domestication.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond