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“In my opinion, this is a cynical effort to appease theater owners,” said Jason Squire, host of “The Movie Business Podcast” and professor emeritus at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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

Since the protests, authorities have attempted to appease the nation's youth, with the parliament hiking penalties for leaking exam papers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Year after year we endured a mishmash roster with his hand-picked players, just to appease LeBron.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

“My plan was to get here first when I knew you’d still be out so that I’d have time to—to—” I search for an explanation that will appease him.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

She appeases me by telling me I will be the first person to know when it's finished.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

HBO’s drama expands a beloved video game into a series that appeases longtime fans and appeals to new viewers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2022

While encryption has been a hot topic for tech companies and law enforcement for some time, the Apple case represents a growing frustration with the inability to find a solution that appeases both sides.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2016

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

Shawna Dawson Beer, who lost her Altadena home, is neither surprised by damning revelations about communication breakdowns nor appeased by claims that all is well going forward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025

Madam Mina still sleep and sleep; and though I did have hunger and appeased it, I could not waken her—even for food.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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

Landing Savinho and Palace attacker Eberechi Eze - who Tottenham have held talks over - would go some way to appeasing disgruntled supporters.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025

McDonald’s and Oracle are among the growing list of clients choosing to part ways with the appeasing firms.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025

But instead of appeasing them, it gave them more material to work on.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith