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• n  a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
• v  press down tightly
  tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso

• Top advisers also tamp down the idea.
• We -- and we have to tamp down the anti-American sentiment that has become so pervasive in the Middle East.
• But the machine is for people who like to fiddle--and not everyone wants to grind beans, pre-heat demitasses, tamp at just the right pressure, "temperature surf" and do all the .

• tamper
• tamping bar
• tamp down
• pack

News & Articles

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• Investors will look to Fed to ease stocks volatility
  NEW YORK - Stock investors eager to hear from the Federal Reserve about its plans for continuing economic stimulus may get some soothing words from the U.S. central bank next week.The Fed is unlikely to tip its hand about when it may begin to scale back its bond-buying program, but policymakers still may be inclined to try to tamp down recent volatility in financial markets with some mention o ...
  June 16, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• Wall St. Week Ahead: Investors will look to Fed to ease volatility
  By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock investors eager to hear from the Federal Reserve about its plans for continuing economic stimulus may get some soothing words from the U.S. central bank next week. The Fed is unlikely to tip its hand about when it may begin to scale back its bond-buying program, but policymakers still may be inclined to try to tamp down recent volatility in ...
  June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Fire Weather Watch » Hot weather, winds and tinder-dry fuels keep firefighters on alert.
  Utah firefighters on Friday had tamed several small blazes and were trying to tamp down new ones before they grew larger — even as they braced for a hot, dry weekend.
  June 14, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in FOXNews
  The Freedom of Choice Act is not my highest legislative priority,Obama said. "The most important thing we can do is to tamp down some of the anger surrounding the issue to focus on those areas we can agree on."