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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

But it will have its work cut out to placate the mercurial Republican.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

In that Peacock series, Elizabeth Banks’ Lindy Littlejohn is a best-selling author tired of diminishing her well-earned reputation to placate her husband, a bumbling scientist.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

The $5 billion deal aims to placate federal antitrust concerns stemming from Constellation’s purchase of ECP assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

He complained about seniority, but my sales record made them placate him some other way.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

Still, James is by no means the hardest-luck N.B.A. star, having won titles with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013 — even if that hardly placates his critics.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2016

Them coolinary compliments to Tucson Jennie placates Tutt.

From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by W. Herbert Dunton

Trujillo placated the dog with peanut butter and they clambered over a wall into the Franco backyard, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Which is to say, by becoming more understanding of our oppressor’s need to be placated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

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

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025

Eventually, she said, she placated Mr. Majors, saying she would try to do better, and he left.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

Not when invaders were threatening the Empire and the populous had to be placated.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

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

With Carol, we saw that evolution from a placating wife and grieving mother into someone acutely aware of how strangers see her, and the ways that she can use their assumptions to her advantage.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2024

Such statements however have not succeeded in placating public scepticism.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024

Her tone seemed placating; that caught his attention.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick