mollify
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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
Of any attempt to mollify Trump, he said "good luck with that".
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025
The fact that it was supposed to be temporary did not mollify the people who disliked it, chief among them the short-story writer Guy de Maupassant.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
To mollify reporters, he would take Seabiscuit out onto the track during the heavily attended morning hours, but only for slow workouts or jogs.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Of Mice and Men
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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