appease
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But he knows he will need more than words to appease supporters who have turned on him this season.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
She would be the person opting out of demands to dress, look and behave a certain way to appease the opposite sex.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
The fund ended up going slightly above its limit to appease investors, and Conger’s firm got about half of its money out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The office of France's ecology minister Monique Barbut said the two-day meeting would focus on "less contentious issues" in an effort to appease the largest and most powerful G7 member.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Coming into the assembly, where all the people had gathered together, he began first to appease the troublesome and turbulent element among them with obsequious and flattering words.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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