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Merz sought to assuage his critics this week, insisting that "long-term lessons" would be drawn from the difficult summer.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

The result has left many in Michigan’s Jewish community wary of El-Sayed and looking for outreach from him and his campaign to assuage their concerns.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

However, while direct intervention might help to assuage concerns about a growing supply of bonds in the short term, it likely won’t be enough to bring down yields in the long term, El-Erian cautioned.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

The theme park has made outreach into the neighborhood over the years in an attempt to assuage concerns, be it distributing fliers or attending community meetings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

“This is to assuage our conscience, darling,” she would explain to Blanca.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Tuesday's move assuages what had been growing frustration at the lack of a big picture vision from the Labour government.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

What she notices about pizza is that pizza “is like a smiling face: It assuages the fear of complexity by showing everything on its surface.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

A sort of penance, where by reading all the nasty comments under every post she assuages some of her guilt, as a zealot whips himself bloody to atone for sin?

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2024

Having Castillo atop the rotation certainly assuages many of those feelings.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

But, what bears most of all on my subject, is the mode in which our Lord assuages that dread of a disembodied spirit, which would have paralysed the Apostles' minds.

From Pastor Pastorum by Rev. Henry Latham

In an instant, Urbina’s fears had been assuaged.

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

That was partly assuaged when the cast, made up of up-and-coming talent rather than established names, was announced.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

However, the company didn’t share specific funding details that could have assuaged debt concerns.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025

That experience was more than assuaged by Cortés and by the presence of magnificent trans actress Paula Dinamarca, who portrays the clan’s seen-it-all matriarch, Madame Boa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

Doubts assuaged, Butler returned to his copy of Guns & Ammo, leaving his employer to unravel the secrets of the universe.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Given the stock’s retreat over recent months, stronger-than-expected results, amid low expectations, “could go a long way in assuaging several of these investor concerns.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

The goal was to provide enterprise customers more powerful tools while assuaging the White House’s concerns that they could be weaponized by bad actors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Earlier this week, the U.S. promised tankers protection through the Persian Gulf, if necessary, assuaging some of the market’s concerns about the effects of a Hormuz chokehold.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

He later served as the deputy chief over Central Bureau, earning high marks for promoting officer de-escalation training, while also tackling homelessness and assuaging fears of deportation among the city’s immigrant residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024

During the first months of their marriage, he called Celia every night, his gentle voice assuaging her.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García