placid
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She holds up a sepia photograph in a silver embossed frame: the clairvoyant Isabel Barros Moreira, her mother’s mother, her face placid, with dark hair and dark eyes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
On Tuesday, she and two Ph.D. students took water samples on a placid bend of the river near a creek that had been swollen with sewage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
"At different phases of the day it can feel quite placid, you can feel out of the game with the ball and things can turn around," said Root.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025
This is not a placid sports city cherished for its patience.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
And Emily Brent, placid and righteous, sat knitting.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
Vocabulary lists containing placid
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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