docile
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This time they touched down on the back of a thumping 3-0 one-day defeat in New Zealand and criticism over scheduling -- just a single three-day red-ball warm-up on a docile pitch.
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
After their snake handler’s docile specimen has an onset mishap, the real thing slithers into view.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
Scientists had thought chimps were docile vegetarians, but on this day about three months after her arrival, Goodall spied a group of the apes feasting on something pink.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025
“And boy, if my memory serves, those droids were there just to serve humanity; so docile, nothing frightening about them.”
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2025
“The wights are convinced we peculiar children are docile and weak. Us coming after them is the last thing they’d expect.”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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