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There’s a mercenary quality to the more ostentatious looks; they please crowds or pacify them for long enough to compel closer listening to the intricacies of her music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025

It starts with Lamar rapping quickly but calmly over a smooth-jazz backdrop, taunting, “I make music that electrify ’em, you make music that pacify ’em.”

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

Mr Gething will have to pacify farmers who have protested against subsidy reform.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2024

Local officials said police would investigate the incident, in an attempt to pacify the villagers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

My dad tries to pacify my mother, but the bulging vein in his forehead tells me he is far from relaxed.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

“People are saying, ‘Let’s give our peculiar new king a chance,’ while the prospect of an election pacifies a lot of the frustration and rage that people would otherwise feel.”

From New York Times ● May 7, 2023

In recent months, Farinelli has taken on business partners and a few employees, and has begun working with a third-party logistics company for shipping, though he still pacifies cranky shoppers personally.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022

Nov. 8 is his “Groundhog Day,” on endless repeat, in a way that pleases and pacifies him.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2017

“Is it really something that pacifies? Or is it something that drives apart?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2016

But it amused, it pacified me, as prayer to their self-invented deities pacifies the devout.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet

But the details will be all the more important, as activists may not be pacified by temporary measures.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

“What catches on is completely unpredictable, there’s almost a mysterious alchemy to it. What’s clear is this: The regime hasn’t pacified them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026

“I have faith that very soon all this region is going to be pacified and brotherhood and concord will return,” he said during a recent visit to La Concordia to inaugurate a new bridge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

With the SAG-AFTRA strike holding up all studio productions, DaCosta was itching to get going – and only occasionally pacified by her half-Yorkie, half-Maltese dog named Maude.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

“No, cookie, no, cookie, no, no, no!” said Boots, way past the point of being pacified.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

It’s this exposé of societal absurdity and Meursault’s atheistic refusal to play along with pacifying notions of sin and redemption, that makes“The Stranger” a pinnacle of confrontational literature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

If the Fed is otherwise confident in its bank-liquidity regulations, there’s no obvious reason pacifying the overnight lending market should be a policy concern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

The government sees employment as key to pacifying China's most pessimistic generation in decades, while graduates gaining even limited work experience can also benefit their future employers if the economy recovers, analysts say.

From Reuters ● Nov. 14, 2023

Gradually, Chen’s measures succeeded in pacifying the unrest.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

I called out pacifying words; I entreated; I finally surrendered.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole