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Although some lawmakers expressed concern about the agreement, the response in Washington was largely muted.

As luck would have it, Mr. Corzine's message last week was largely muted by the disclosure that he had lent a former campaign staff aide $5,000 to bail herself out of jail.

The White House pushed back Sunday against Republican criticism of its approach to terrorism, calling it "not anchored in reality" as a national security debate that was largely muted in recent years roared back to center stage with an angry intensity.

While the United States was engaged in World War II and allied with the Soviet Union, the issue of anti-communism was largely muted.

Reaction to her death was largely muted and sympathetic even from her harshest critics.

But among Palestinians and in the wider Arab world, the reaction to Mr. Netanyahu's campaign promise was largely muted, colored by a deeply skeptical view of Israeli vows and intentions.

While soldiers are falling on the battlefield, criticism of the government is largely muted.

The financial impact on the networks that broadcast the late-night shows has been largely muted so far.

At a time when pop music is largely muted on social issues, Tempest deals bravely with poverty, class and consumerism.

Yet elsewhere, the reaction to the budget – which includes a $2.5bn surplus forecast and record school and hospital funding – has been largely muted.

Despite high expectations of volatility, the market's reaction to this afternoon's aptly named European MOT has been largely muted.