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
Rules are spelled out at the top that make clear that this isn’t one of those docile theatergoing experiences, in which the audience is expected to keep mum as the actors do all the work.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 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
Guy said his father would generally get rid of animals that were "snappy or nasty" and that the cows in the field had "always acted in a docile manner".
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024
He made a pretty easy target, sitting there, docile for once, and kind of sleepy.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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