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The second hope is that the pipeline, which would run from Alberta's landlocked oil patch to the coast, will help appease the western province, which argues it has long been hampered from developing its resources.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Whatever the assignment was supposed to accomplish, it did not appease the man it was designed to flatter.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

Or he might be trying to appease Mr. Kim at a moment when U.S. weapons stocks and deployments are stretched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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

With a show of reluctance, she left her husband’s side to appease Claudius by dancing.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

“We just have to find a sweet spot right in the middle that appeases the majority.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

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

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2022

Those countries are going to have a tough time pulling off a plan that appeases Iran.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019

I look between them, hoping that my solution appeases both of them.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Beyond Meat appeased Nasdaq regulators this past week by finally filing its 2025 annual report, but there’s still another matter the onetime alternative-protein darling has to deal with to keep its stock from being delisted.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 12, 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

“Appeasement may well be a viable strategy when the party being appeased is willing to take the win and stand down,” writes Steve Vladeck of Georgetown law school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

At Troy he rescued a maiden who was in the same plight as Andromeda, waiting on the shore to be devoured by a sea monster which could be appeased in no other way.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

However Wilson's lawyer Dauid Sibtain said that MacInnes lied by denying she had complained to Wilson "to ensure that her career as an actress and musician progressed by appeasing Ms Ghost".

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

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