appeasement
Example Sentences
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With hindsight, it's easy to mock Britain's policy of appeasement during the 1930s.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
For one thing, her girl’s request to get a hamster and Linda’s weary appeasement just rings all too true.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
As Darcy observed in an earlier Status scoop, insiders view Thompson’s move as an appeasement offering to the returning president.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2025
Schools are trying various tactics from appeasement to threats of disciplinary action to get protestors to take down encampments or move to other areas of campus.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024
The picture is not unlike Egypt today, where the government in Cairo keeps power by a combination of tactics, including management of local religious authorities that swerves between heavy-handed intimidation and cynical appeasement.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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