soothe
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“Laughter is something we engage in to soothe us,” she explained.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
The paper says Burnham's first PMQs on Wednesday have been "widely seen" as an attempt to soothe investors.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Nvidia's report helped soothe some of those fears, with CEO Jensen Huang saying: "The AI infrastructure buildout is at full steam."
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
When he was in a Montessori school, the teachers discovered that reading would soothe Jeselnik.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
It was the look he wore when he’d channeled his fear about everything into the singular focus of protecting her, when he had made decisions that could soothe his anxiety with their firmness, their surety.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
"The ceasefire definitely soothes our nerves, hoping it stays this way. The crew is finally taking a breather," an off-duty captain of a ship, whose crew is stranded off Qatar, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
Delta soothes investor fears over the effect of rising oil prices by raising revenue guidance, and the stock surges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
It soothes public discomfort, offering a savior archetype instead of a policy fix.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025
I have a friend who puts together jigsaw puzzles and it calms her and soothes her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
Bobby looked at him and said, “Nothing soothes as much as the human touch.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
A flurry of positive headlines around diplomatic efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz soothed oil investors, sending global oil benchmarks below $87 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But there was a roughly 38% chance of a hike — up from closer to 13% a week ago, when cooler inflation data for June soothed worries over rate increases.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
Seoul led gains across Asian equity markets Wednesday as tech firms bounced back following a softer-than-expected US inflation print that soothed worries about a possible interest rate hike this month.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Maybe having some allies in that moment soothed him.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
But when she thinks about his life as a whole, it seems to her “that God himself had gently laid him to sleep, having first comforted and soothed him.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
In another 2013 study, Swedish researchers found that singing has a biologically soothing effect, especially on cardiovascular function.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
For the uninitiated, a sound bath is where a practitioner plays crystal or Tibetan sound bowls, gongs and chimes in a soothing way.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It was a soothing and relaxed space that suggested fun on the horizon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
When life gets you down, Danny Palumbo opines, nothing is more soothing than eating a meal prepared with love.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Penelope laid a soothing hand on her head.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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