placatory
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That placatory language was met by a furious response from Qatari officials, who called the attack a “flagrant violation” of Qatar’s sovereignty and its airspace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025
He offered a couple of placatory bromides about the continuing virility of Real Madrid and Barcelona.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
And there are enough useful crumbs of history to straight out a few popular rewritings, such as Roger Guenveur Smith's more honest depiction of Booker T. Washington as a figure placatory of white supremacy.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2020
It was torturous, a placatory exercise, where people spoke of testosterone and cavemen and no longer being breadwinners.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 5, 2019
He was exhausted, and trembling with an awful terror, and he gasped out abject, placatory ejaculations and suddenly collapsed into a sobbing mass on the floor.
From The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Murray Leinster
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