assuage
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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 β 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 β Aug. 19, 2026
But the announcement will assuage concerns raised by previous speculation that the World Cup final halftime show itself could stretch for as long as 25 minutes.
From Barron's β Jul. 8, 2026
Except the Dodgers weren’t dreaming, and the team hadn’t done much to assuage the concerns with Sasaki.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 3, 2026
“This is to assuage our conscience, darling,” she would explain to Blanca.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Having Castillo atop the rotation certainly assuages many of those feelings.
From Seattle Times β Sep. 5, 2023
She finishes the job, beating it to a pulp, and assuages her guilt by taking home the large, speckled egg she discovers nearby.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 27, 2022
Their oversimplicity both exploits and assuages that looming sense of collective guilt: They feel true.
From Slate β Feb. 27, 2019
Whether the new policy further inflames or assuages the controversy remains to be seen.
From New York Times β May 23, 2018
Time assuages all grief, as Nature relieves suffering beyond endurance by fainting and insensibility.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 by Charles W. Wood
That hasn’t assuaged concerns among some that a dot-com-style bubble may be building, especially given the sharp run-up.
From MarketWatch β May 28, 2026
In an instant, Urbina’s fears had been assuaged.
From Salon β 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 β Mar. 22, 2026
When Jared Snow goes to the hospital, he’s usually in serious pain, which he hopes will be assuaged soon.
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 23, 2026
At night, before she slept, Kira held the scrap of cloth that had so often assuaged her fears and even answered her questions.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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 β 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 β 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 β Mar. 6, 2026
"A sincere apology would acknowledge that grievance and, in my view, would go some way to assuaging the sense of injustice," he said.
From BBC β Oct. 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 GarcΓa
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