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“Laughter is something we engage in to soothe us,” she explained.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

"Constant checking, tracking or intervening may soothe the parent in the short term, but it can inadvertently communicate to the young adult: 'I am not sure you can cope without me.'"

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

When he was in a Montessori school, the teachers discovered that reading would soothe Jeselnik.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

"Anthropomorphic AI can soothe loneliness," said Chen Liang of the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in a commentary published by the CAC after a draft version of China's rules was published in April.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

But she was kind and patient, and she knew how to soothe a fevered brow with a cool cloth as well as anyone.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

For 15 years, Roberto Lange, better known artistically as Helado Negro, has been making, beautiful humanistic electronic music that soothes the soul.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"The ceasefire definitely soothes our nerves, hoping it stays this way. The crew is finally taking a breather," an off-duty captain of a ship, whose crew is stranded off Qatar, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

Delta soothes investor fears over the effect of rising oil prices by raising revenue guidance, and the stock surges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

It rounds out the gift, soothes the persistent is this enough? anxiety, and keeps the whole endeavor feeling generous without becoming complicated.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025

He had spoken to the Mountain of Gont, calming it, and had stilled the trembling precipices of the Overfell as one soothes a frightened beast.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

I have always slept better in apartment buildings than in silent houses, soothed by footsteps overhead and doors closing somewhere down the hall.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

That stance soothed the market’s angst, but industry observers are still watching to see how DSI carries out its mandate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

But there was a roughly 38% chance of a hike — up from closer to 13% a week ago, when cooler inflation data for June soothed worries over rate increases.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had pioneered a new brand of comedy, soothed postwar America’s psyche and made a nation laugh again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Central Park was okay, but building my castle soothed my nerves.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

She added that Lawson is "just as confident as Leith but a much quieter, more soothing presence that works perfectly with Alison Hammond's ebullience and Paul Hollywood's teacher-ish vibe".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

In another 2013 study, Swedish researchers found that singing has a biologically soothing effect, especially on cardiovascular function.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

It was a soothing and relaxed space that suggested fun on the horizon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

When life gets you down, Danny Palumbo opines, nothing is more soothing than eating a meal prepared with love.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

The argument with Valley and then Poppy immediately after had given her a stomachache that not even her father’s soothing guinea-hen-weed tea could help.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega