appease

In an interview, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, president of the New York Board of Rabbis, criticized the mayor for his efforts to appease both sides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Whatever the assignment was supposed to accomplish, it did not appease the man it was designed to flatter.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

But Parton refused to distance herself from Fonda just to appease her more conservative fans.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

“All they want to do is to keep pushing the dates to appease people,” Ramirez said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

I cried to appease them, “I shall be your priest!”

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

She appeases me by telling me I will be the first person to know when it's finished.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

An awkward locution, but it appeases the sensitivity police.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

Those countries are going to have a tough time pulling off a plan that appeases Iran.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019

While encryption has been a hot topic for tech companies and law enforcement for some time, the Apple case represents a growing frustration with the inability to find a solution that appeases both sides.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2016

I look between them, hoping that my solution appeases both of them.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Beyond Meat appeased Nasdaq regulators this past week by finally filing its 2025 annual report, but there’s still another matter the onetime alternative-protein darling has to deal with to keep its stock from being delisted.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 12, 2026

Los Blancos were in charge but despite taking the lead, their fans were not appeased, and whistled the team in at the break.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

“It’s gotta be warm and almost womblike in a way that you feel very appeased as soon as you walk in, and then you bring your guard down,” says Bole, a native of France.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck notes that “appeasement may well be a viable strategy when the party being appeased is willing to take the win and stand down,” though he acknowledges it carries significant risks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

Madam Mina still sleep and sleep; and though I did have hunger and appeased it, I could not waken her—even for food.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Finding the perfect position appeasing those on either side of an issue is exhausting work and prone to error.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

He also pledged a break from the Petro policy of appeasing criminal gangs, vowing to build mega prisons to get their recruits off the streets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

McDonald’s and Oracle are among the growing list of clients choosing to part ways with the appeasing firms.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025

For many fans, the Finnish heavyweight is an underwhelming choice, but appeasing boxing fans was not necessarily the priority.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023

My entrance had undone his work of appeasing Laertes, and his face twitched with the effort of repressing his anger.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein