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Dr Jonathan Dean, from the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, said the new design would not be enough to placate opponents of the firm's plans.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Hastily-put-together surveying is apparently being done now in an attempt to placate the development’s detractors.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

For its part, PG&E is expected to announce changes in its capital-allocation strategies, but it’s unclear if that would placate investors.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

In 1957, a young Queen Elizabeth was sent to New York to placate a furious President Eisenhower after Britain, along with Israel and France, invaded Egypt without informing the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

Despite all this effort to placate the American government, however, pressure for fundamental change continued from Washington.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

To conceal this, Spotify placates us by telling us that we’re superior in some way because of it.

From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2020

It’s a position that by now must feel familiar to Melania Trump — her husband provokes while she placates.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2018

It reassures the people who count on us that we're back on the straight and narrow, it placates the wronged party, and, ideally, it leads to self-reflection and improved behavior.

From Golf Digest ● Oct. 30, 2017

So British Gas will be hoping this new scheme placates the government while ensuring it holds on to millions of customers who don't switch and who have traditionally paid over the odds for their energy.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2017

It does not mean that in any mere outward and formal fashion Christ pleads with God, and softens and placates the Infinite and Eternal love of the Father in the heavens.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Alexander Maclaren

A separate message from a city official appeared to suggest that demonstrators could be placated with a new casual dining spot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Those most concerned about Medicaid were placated earlier in the day to at least go along with this step.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025

At least some openly gay Republicans appear to have been placated.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2024

Eventually, she said, she placated Mr. Majors, saying she would try to do better, and he left.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

Since he was a young boy, James could be placated by a treat from Alice’s kitchen, the sugar apple that cut short a fit or tantrum.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

In the hope, amongst other things, of somewhat placating President Trump.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Soundly beating earnings expectations isn’t placating investors skeptical of the durability of the frenzied AI data center buildout, which is driving these outsize earnings reports.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

Neither satisfying the public’s prurient curiosity, nor allowing Epstein conspiracy theorists to second-guess prosecutorial judgment, nor placating a president’s political base is a valid reason to break the normal rule.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

Necheles seeks to build a case that there was no wrong-doing in the former President’s payments to Daniels, while placating her client who maintains that he had no affair with Daniels.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2024

Rachel laid a placating hand on her husband’s sleeve.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare