subside səb-ˈsīd verb
1. wear off or die down
2. sink to a lower level or form a depression
3. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
4. sink down or precipitate
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The word subside has appeared in 74 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on July 27 in “When the Olympics Delay Gets You to the Games” by James Wagner:
Also that day, Salamán played in her first game in the Olympics, a 97-55 loss by Puerto Rico to China, capping a 16-month journey for her. She had played only four games for her professional team in Sweden when she hurt her knee while with the Puerto Rico squad in France.
She flew to the island to have it examined by the national team doctor and waited four weeks for her M.C.L. to heal and the swelling to subside so that her A.C.L. could be repaired. In that time, the pandemic shut down Puerto Rico and canceled all nonessential surgeries, including hers. But then the Olympics were postponed, giving Salamán more time to recover and an opening to fulfill a goal that had previously slipped away.
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