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Because they are quiet, secretive, and rarely seen at the surface, scientists have had few opportunities to observe them in the wild.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

Still, Boccardo’s standard advice to recent grads is to “be on a laptop, in a quiet place with good lighting and good audio.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

When the center’s Kristine Koh arrived later to evaluate the raptor, she was awake and alert — but quiet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

He denied there being any bad feeling between him and his history teacher, and was described in court by school staff and his grandmother as a "quiet boy".

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

“Let’s have it quiet in here!” he shouted.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

They found the valley was quieter than they’d ever seen it as people left.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

That came later, and quieter, when I finally showed up before dawn and did the actual work where no one was filming.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Elliot Anderson: A quieter game from Anderson but did not take away from the importance of what he does for England.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Ahead of the ceremonies, AFP correspondents reported that Tehran was quieter than usual, with many normally busy streets free of Tehran's notorious traffic.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

The sounds I hear are quieter and clear—nothing is lost or fuzzy, only tamped down.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Existing forecasting methods generally provide less advance notice because scientists must wait until the Sun reaches solar minimum, the quietest part of its cycle.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

The quietest man in the tournament is the best player in it.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Karen Jones, who works in the local café Food for Thought, says it's the quietest she's known Cardigan to be in the four years she's worked here.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

The generous funding, moreover, allowed scientists and engineers to buy and build expensive equipment—for instance, anechoic chambers to create the world’s quietest rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

The Prince picked the spot himself, in the quietest, remotest corner of the castle grounds.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

When 19th Street quiets down around midnight, the party shifts to the Sanchaung area.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

If the Iran conflict is resolved and inflation quiets down, the economy could even see another burst of growth.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

Gabapentin quiets nerve firing in the spinal cord and brain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

“So today was good. And hopefully it quiets the noise a little bit with the days that he pitches.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2025

Minny storms in mad, quiets down as she tells Aibileen her story, then rushes out in a rage as fast as she came in.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

The group quieted down like scandalized school children.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

Since the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, clashes with demonstrators and the ouster of Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, large-scale raids have quieted across U.S. cities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

As they looked around the sage and monkeyflower-lined path, their chatter quieted, and soon, they were writing poetry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

Even as protests have quieted, repression continues in other forms.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

But Auntie North held her hand up, and the two of them quieted.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

"This offers a tangible path toward creating a medication that has a similar quieting effect as meditation."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 2, 2026

And yet it is precisely a lack of hyperbole or hysteria—a quieting control, one might say — that makes it so moving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

A new report from Politico says President Donald Trump is quieting concerns within the White House around the Department of Government Efficiency head, telling associates that Musk will soon be shown the door.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2025

Showing no early jitters, Martin completed nine of his first 11 passes while quieting a crowd of 110,047 that was the 10th biggest in the history of this stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2024

She began hollering. my mother said, quieting her.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane