blandishment

“When someone dies, out come the usual blandishments … as if their death is there to be used,” Morrissey wrote Friday.

He has plenty of blandishments, among them “I’ll be your doctor, let me operate.”

As usual, Mr. Macron, a centrist, offered blandishments to right and left.

Few can resist the Beltway’s beckoning, the blather of political pundits or the blandishment of campaign operatives urging them to run.

In short, it seems Mr. Macron has decided to tough out the crisis, perhaps offering some blandishments on improving vocational high schools and broader on-the-job training.