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"The population are demanding that our team extend and go to other places and pacify," he says.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024

We are easier to marginalize and to pacify if we fold ourselves into such tiny boxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024

It starts with Lamar rapping quickly but calmly over a smooth-jazz backdrop, taunting, “I make music that electrify ’em, you make music that pacify ’em.”

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

The industry has previously tried to pacify the public and regulators with promises that never materialized, he said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

Two years had done little to pacify the San Franciscan hostility for the automobile.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

“People are saying, ‘Let’s give our peculiar new king a chance,’ while the prospect of an election pacifies a lot of the frustration and rage that people would otherwise feel.”

From New York Times ● May 7, 2023

“The best that can be expected under the circumstances,” with a wan smile, should suffice, as it pacifies the audience without exaggerating the truth.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2021

Nov. 8 is his “Groundhog Day,” on endless repeat, in a way that pleases and pacifies him.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2017

“Is it really something that pacifies? Or is it something that drives apart?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2016

The Doctor pacifies him, by telling him, that, since this Thing must happen on his Account, he nor his Wife should never want as long as he lived.

From The Levellers A Dialogue Between Two Young Ladies, Concerning Matrimony, Proposing an Act for Enforcing Marriage, for the Equality of Matches, and Taxing Single Persons by Anonymous

There is no sentient actor lurking in the weights to be reasoned with, feared or pacified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

But the details will be all the more important, as activists may not be pacified by temporary measures.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

“I have faith that very soon all this region is going to be pacified and brotherhood and concord will return,” he said during a recent visit to La Concordia to inaugurate a new bridge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

“It will see that the members of the crowd listening to Griffin were calmed and pacified compared to protesters around them.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2022

The captain said it was time to leave the pacified village.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

If the Fed is otherwise confident in its bank-liquidity regulations, there’s no obvious reason pacifying the overnight lending market should be a policy concern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

“Priests and pastors and members of all the churches have participated, helped in pacifying the country. I think it is very good,” López Obrador said the day after the existence of the negotiations was revealed.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

Shetty’s voice, as you might expect from a meditation expert, is extremely pacifying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2023

There was no pacifying him until I invited him on to the playing area so that he could kick a ball about.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2023

All Toby wanted to do was get him home, so he held up his hands like he was pacifying one of the twins.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss