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From there, Cassidy moved to mollify his own fears.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

The government tried to mollify protesters by introducing a monthly cash subsidy of 10 million rials per person—about $7, though it goes further in Iran—and vowing to crack down on price gougers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

X in June sought to mollify the EU by adding a disclaimer to the checkmark.

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has taken a cautious approach, seeking to mollify Trump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025

This seems to mollify them, and they all kiss me, set me on a chair in my bedroom, and, as usual, start talking nonstop without bothering to notice if.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

He mollifies a suspicious Senate subcommittee Did he or didn't he?

From Time Magazine Archive

"It mollifies the entire course of postoperative pain."

From Time Magazine Archive

By finding grandeur in our disasters, and merriment in our mishaps, the aesthetic sense thus mollifies both, and consoles us for the frequent impossibility of a serious and perfect beauty.

From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by George Santayana

This Plaister is efficacious in curing of all kinds of Wounds, Ulcers, Tumours, and Contusions; for it mollifies, digestes, and brings to Suppuration such Matter as ought to be carry'd off this way.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

My Madeline's most mirthful mood Much mollifies my mind's machine; My mournfulness' magnitude Melts—makes me merry, Madeline!

From English as She is Wrote Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them. by Anonymous

He was not at all mollified by a problem with the GPS system that shows teams where all the cars are on track.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

The inequalities made many Scottish politicians pause, until their concerns were mollified by generous financial rewards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

“Nvidia will likely exceed earnings expectations but the question is whether investors will be mollified or not,” she added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

Neither move mollified Carter, who gave Bass until May to fix the broken system, vowing to become “your worst nightmare” should she fail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025

“In a—a fan magazine,” he improvised wildly and Krum looked mollified.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

But if you can get on its wavelength, there’s a mollifying charm to Travolta’s debut.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

It’s a great character moment for Danvers, who has been more comfortable than Navarro in mollifying the powers-that-be.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

To get input on the selection of new president, Caruso introduced a strategy that had proved successful in mollifying neighbors about his mall projects: listening sessions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2022

Aside from mollifying Western observers, Khomeini was probably trying to reassure his liberal allies in the revolution against the shah, which included a vast number of active and vocal women.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021

When the children had faded silently out of the kitchen, Lillian spoke to her husband in a mollifying, supplicating tone.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy