placate

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

She calls the new law "just a rough move to placate people", and has "no idea why schools don't just sell iron-on branded badges".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The decision was viewed internationally as a “flagrant violation” to placate the host nation, drawing criticism from Belgium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Jomo would have been the best person to ask about arigbe—indeed, to ask for advice on how best to placate Master.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

Mr. Ellison placated the AGs by agreeing to establish an “editorial independence board” to ensure “accuracy, independence, fairness and journalistic integrity” at CNN and CBS News.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 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

Those moves have not placated the protesters, who have been demonstrating intermittently since October and have transformed their activity into a daily presence since March 24.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

The small concession placated the demonstrators outside the courthouse and they agreed to leave, defusing the situation, at least for a while.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

In the hope, amongst other things, of somewhat placating President Trump.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

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

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum faces a delicate balancing act, placating U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025

“I ... I am in your service.. .Cinder made a placating gesture. “You are a tool in my hand,” the shadowed man interrupted gently.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss