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as in calms
to free from distress or disturbance
the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way
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Research shows that spending time in green spaces calms the nervous system and reduces stress.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Cibrian runs lines with Rimes and calms his wife's nerves on the set.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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As dusk falls, the Himalayas blush pink, and the village quiets—wrapped in mountain shadow, the hush broken only by distant chanting and wind.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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But when that noise quiets, the brain doesn’t just go idle.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
13 Aug. 2025
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The fragrance-free cream offers a big hit of hydration thanks to ceramides, niacinamide, glycerin, and the brand’s signature thermal spring water, which soothes the skin.—
Allure,
Allure,
30 Aug. 2025
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The park soothes me during hard times, celebrates my victories, gives me a quiet place to think, inspires me and keeps me healthy.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Jarmusch lulls us into thinking this part will be the exception to the theme of virtual estrangement, just through the bond between the twins that seems to return instantly after an unspecified but seemingly considerable amount of time apart.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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Proposition 50 almost completely silences minority California viewpoints in Congress until January 2033 – with no chance of changing any legislative outcomes.—
Tom Campbell,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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This cultural divide silences companies and delays progress, while all the while AI is amplifying the threat.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Genji visits these woods before his exile to Suma and composes a poem wishing that the forest might one day see the injustice against him reversed.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
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Autumn hushes the Codrii forest, where mushrooms push through damp soil and the air smells of woodsmoke and moss.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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When the smoke settles (quite literally) and people return, their bodies suffer the consequences, and our hospitals have the evidence.—
Lahari Vuppaladhadiam,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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That settles into a spicy suede with cardamom and benzoin, before warming into tonka bean, amber, and musk.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Quietens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quietens. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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