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According to Erasmus in Against War, what qualities should leaders use to assuage unrest?

assuage

[uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh] / Ι™ΛˆsweΙͺdΚ’, Ι™ΛˆsweΙͺΚ’ /


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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 ● Aug. 20, 2026

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s strategy of keeping mum about his approach to interest-rate policy has done little to assuage investors’ and economists’ concerns about his ability to combat inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 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

FIFA’s insistence that the judiciary body that made the decision was independent did nothing to assuage Belgium’s soccer federation, which said it was astonished by the move.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

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

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 now vaccines are available to all, making the one-ring a more comfortable space, and the lineup is meaningfully similar to last year’s, a gesture that assuages any feelings of having missed out.

From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

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 ● Apr. 27, 2022

But it does more than all this, it even assuages choler; it is an admirable cataplasm for rage.

From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Robert Samber

“He assuaged our concerns, and we moved on,” Gerald said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

That hasn’t assuaged concerns among some that a dot-com-style bubble may be building, especially given the sharp run-up.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

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

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

But these were largely assuaged by a new start line procedure that was trialled at the test, which gives the drivers more time to get the turbos spinning at the optimum speed.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 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 ● 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

IRobot has tried assuaging the fears, saying that it will continue operations with no anticipated disruption to its app functionality, customer programs or product support.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

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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