assuage
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"She got stuck into gritty, controversial, but crucial causes partly because she had a fine, natural social conscience, but also to assuage nagging feelings of worthlessness."
From BBC β Sep. 21, 2026
The quarterly results helped assuage the concerns of some investors and analysts who have recently been worried about a “SaaSpocalypse,” in which corporate-software companies’ expensive off-the-shelf products would be replaced with cheaper AI-concocted versions.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 17, 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 β Aug. 20, 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 β 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
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 β Jan. 31, 2024
Having Castillo atop the rotation certainly assuages many of those feelings.
From Seattle Times β 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 β 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 β Apr. 27, 2022
Objection 1: It would seem that not every pleasure assuages every pain or sorrow.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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
However, the company didn’t share specific funding details that could have assuaged debt concerns.
From MarketWatch β 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 β 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 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
The presence of the Ivorian army in the remote and long-neglected northeast, hundreds of kilometres from the economic capital Abidjan, has succeeded in assuaging locals' concerns -- to an extent.
From Barron's β Oct. 20, 2025
She has offered receptive council members suggestions on how to write resolutions, assuaging any fears of blowback by pointing out that their constituents get it.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 4, 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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