Sentence examples for largely blunted from inspiring English sources

Fannie Mae, one of Washington's most ferocious lobbyists, and Freddie Mac have largely blunted the attack.

The mass kidnappings, carried out by fighters from the al-Qa'eda-inspired Boko Haram group, have stunned Nigerians largely blunted to the violence that has wracked the northeastern part of the country in the past five years.

Inhibiting mitochondrial ROS production and calcium signals or blocking mitochondrial respiration largely blunted Hcy-induced T-cell interferon γ (IFN-γ) secretion and proliferation.

The government also plans to offset increases in fuel prices by cutting fuel taxes, largely blunting the emission reducing impact of the scheme.Delta Airlines lost just over $1 billion in the second quarter, and American Airlines lost nearly $1.5 billion.

Submandibular gland suspension, a procedure designed to complement surgical rejuvenation of the aging neck, uses largely blunt dissection and suspension to the mandibular periosteum to elevate the gland, improving neck contour without excision of submandibular gland tissue.

Or maybe it is because Washington's police force, like its population, is largely black, blunting the argument that race is by definition the key factor when the police open fire.

In Washington, the financial industry was largely successful in blunting the toughest legislative proposals.

Although he has been effective in spurts, James has been largely contained, his offensive skills blunted by a Spurs defense that has walled off the paint, crowded him and lulled him into midrange jump shots.

The TraumaRegister DGU® consisted largely of blunt trauma patients (92.3 to 96%) and thus it is unclear how well the base-deficit classification system would function when applied to penetrating injuries.

The same Figure shows that the blockade of PI3K with LY294002 blunted Akt phosphorylation and largely decreased ERK1/2 and mTOR activation, strongly suggesting that PI3K/Akt is partially upstream of ERK1/2.

Several studies indicated that the neuroprotective effect of central ACE inhibition is largely due to a decrease in angiotensin II generation and subsequently blunted activation of the angiotensin II AT1 receptor, AT1R [ 20, 36– 40].