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

Once again, Pratt steps in with a placatory aside.

From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2016

The authors of the essay, though they deny the possibility of finding a single explicative principle chosen arbitrarily,504 themselves announce a principle, which, however, amounts simply to the statement that sacrifice is placatory.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris