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Dr Jonathan Dean, from the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, said the new design would not be enough to placate opponents of the firm's plans.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Hastily-put-together surveying is apparently being done now in an attempt to placate the development’s detractors.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

For its part, PG&E is expected to announce changes in its capital-allocation strategies, but it’s unclear if that would placate investors.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

When Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it also created the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to placate the law’s detractors and oversee its Title VII employment provisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

“He’s not looking for you,” Yossarian said, trying to placate him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

To conceal this, Spotify placates us by telling us that we’re superior in some way because of it.

From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2020

It’s a position that by now must feel familiar to Melania Trump — her husband provokes while she placates.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2018

It reassures the people who count on us that we're back on the straight and narrow, it placates the wronged party, and, ideally, it leads to self-reflection and improved behavior.

From Golf Digest ● Oct. 30, 2017

So British Gas will be hoping this new scheme placates the government while ensuring it holds on to millions of customers who don't switch and who have traditionally paid over the odds for their energy.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2017

And yet it may be so,' he said, smoothing her bright hair as one placates a child.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Rolf Boldrewood

The team placated him with a bottle of water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

“These City Council people placated to the squeaky wheels,” Brandhorst said after the council hearing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Those most concerned about Medicaid were placated earlier in the day to at least go along with this step.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025

At least some openly gay Republicans appear to have been placated.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2024

Since he was a young boy, James could be placated by a treat from Alice’s kitchen, the sugar apple that cut short a fit or tantrum.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Soundly beating earnings expectations isn’t placating investors skeptical of the durability of the frenzied AI data center buildout, which is driving these outsize earnings reports.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

Neither satisfying the public’s prurient curiosity, nor allowing Epstein conspiracy theorists to second-guess prosecutorial judgment, nor placating a president’s political base is a valid reason to break the normal rule.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

Such statements however have not succeeded in placating public scepticism.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024

It won’t win me any popularity contests, but having a smaller circle of VIPs who understand me is a deeper and warmer experience than placating a crowd.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2023

Vincent laughs and says, “The cock crows cocorico,” placating the baby.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman