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Mollifying one of those constituencies would most likely mean alienating one, or both, of the others.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

Mollifying a mark who has lost heavily in a rigged game by throwing him a cop�letting him win a consolation prize.

From Time Magazine Archive




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