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appease

[uh-peez] / əˈpiz /


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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

The early weeks of the season are crucial for Moyes and Everton to appease discontent supporters who felt last season's late collapse wasted an opportunity for European football.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

“All they want to do is to keep pushing the dates to appease people,” Ramirez said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The update for HW3 customers may appease older customers, who were promised for years that their electric vehicles had the hardware needed for Full Self-Driving capabilities.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

He told me to appease the angry dead.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

"Having a clear goal, something that you can actually realise, is something that we don't necessarily have in everyday life, and that appeases our brain," says Dr Christensen.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2024

“We just have to find a sweet spot right in the middle that appeases the majority.”

From Washington Times Sep. 28, 2022

The show appeases an audience that yearns for repeat acts of closure, or comforting examples of approximate justice.

From Washington Post Mar. 9, 2022

Those countries are going to have a tough time pulling off a plan that appeases Iran.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2019

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

At Troy he rescued a maiden who was in the same plight as Andromeda, waiting on the shore to be devoured by a sea monster which could be appeased in no other way.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

Then she said in an appeasing voice, "You certainly have put your time in."

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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