pacify

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024

In one attempt to pacify their frustrations, Mr Biden's campaign staff attempted to organise an in-person meeting with Arab-American leaders in January, a request denied by Dearborn's mayor.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024

A Kenyan court blocked a U.N.-backed plan to deploy the country’s officers to help pacify violence on Haiti’s streets.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024

Local officials said police would investigate the incident, in an attempt to pacify the villagers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

"Excuse me," he said, hoping to pacify whoever was sitting beneath the hazel tree, and praying that it was not more of the little people who had stolen his hat.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

“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

With a harp communicated to him by Gudrun he pacifies them all but one, which stings him to the heart, and thus Gunnar dies.

From The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original by George Henry Needler

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

This is a man who has pacified a team who seemed to be at war with itself once.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024

When winds blow hard across the lake and storms brew over its waters, it is said that Michi-Cihualli is angry and must be pacified.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

The companies pacified the recruits with niceties onshore and offshore.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023

“Can’t you see I’m a paying you a compliment, you gosling?” she said, and Lyra was pacified, though she didn’t understand.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

At this point, even pacifying the thousands of fans who protested against the club's ownership before the Old Trafford defeat by 10-man City looks beyond them.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

“The myth of Batman is dangerous, especially for Harfuch. Making him a myth imposes on him the responsibility of pacifying the country. But, as we all know, Omar can’t defeat organized crime by himself.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025

Gradually, Chen’s measures succeeded in pacifying the unrest.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

Such was the power of an ymbryne over peculiar children: the very presence of one—even one we’d only just met—had an immediate pacifying effect on us.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs