appease
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But Parton refused to distance herself from Fonda just to appease her more conservative fans.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Evergrande struggled to appease angry homebuyers and investors, as the firm's crisis triggered rare protests outside its offices in China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Or he might be trying to appease Mr. Kim at a moment when U.S. weapons stocks and deployments are stretched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“All they want to do is to keep pushing the dates to appease people,” Ramirez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“My plan was to get here first when I knew you’d still be out so that I’d have time to—to—” I search for an explanation that will appease him.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
She appeases me by telling me I will be the first person to know when it's finished.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
An awkward locution, but it appeases the sensitivity police.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
Those countries are going to have a tough time pulling off a plan that appeases Iran.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019
While encryption has been a hot topic for tech companies and law enforcement for some time, the Apple case represents a growing frustration with the inability to find a solution that appeases both sides.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2016
I look between them, hoping that my solution appeases both of them.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
While the funding plan removed what Deutsche Bank’s Brad Zelnick called the “monkey off the back” for Oracle, it hasn’t appeased skeptical investors.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 2026
Los Blancos were in charge but despite taking the lead, their fans were not appeased, and whistled the team in at the break.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
In January 2022, on the eve of the full-scale assault, he warned that Russia was not a Great Power and should not be appeased.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck notes that “appeasement may well be a viable strategy when the party being appeased is willing to take the win and stand down,” though he acknowledges it carries significant risks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
I was rarely appeased by the words piping hot.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Finding the perfect position appeasing those on either side of an issue is exhausting work and prone to error.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
He also pledged a break from the Petro policy of appeasing criminal gangs, vowing to build mega prisons to get their recruits off the streets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
However Wilson's lawyer Dauid Sibtain said that MacInnes lied by denying she had complained to Wilson "to ensure that her career as an actress and musician progressed by appeasing Ms Ghost".
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
McDonald’s and Oracle are among the growing list of clients choosing to part ways with the appeasing firms.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025
But instead of appeasing them, it gave them more material to work on.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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