docile
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One of its early poems read: “Oh, panic not to this docile juice / Finally, few of my jackets did distrust the goose.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
"It looks like it's docile, it looks like your Florida emblem, but it can be dangerous."
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
At other times, Jeremy is sweet and docile, playing the big brother role with no difficulty.
From Salon ● May 25, 2026
This time they touched down on the back of a thumping 3-0 one-day defeat in New Zealand and criticism over scheduling -- just a single three-day red-ball warm-up on a docile pitch.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
It was a mass of vines and blooms that twisted sinisterly in the flame but sat, docile and domestic, in the moonlight.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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