appease

Year after year we endured a mishmash roster with his hand-picked players, just to appease LeBron.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Salesforce’s $3.6 billion acquisition of an AI agent company did not appease investors, despite positive analyst views.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Orange doesn’t anticipate offering massive incremental network-investment commitments as behavioral remedies to appease regulators, Orange Chief Executive Christel Heydemann says in a call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

Adam removed the roots and tree at the arborist’s nudging, and yet even that responsible act did not appease his neighbor.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

Frodo’s tone was proud, whatever he felt, and Sam approved of it; but it did not appease Faramir.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

"Having a clear goal, something that you can actually realise, is something that we don't necessarily have in everyday life, and that appeases our brain," says Dr Christensen.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024

HBO’s drama expands a beloved video game into a series that appeases longtime fans and appeals to new viewers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2023

An awkward locution, but it appeases the sensitivity police.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

“We just have to find a sweet spot right in the middle that appeases the majority.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

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

That hasn’t appeased protesters at demonstrations throughout Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

In January 2022, on the eve of the full-scale assault, he warned that Russia was not a Great Power and should not be appeased.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Thus, it could assert its power over the fortunes of later generations and had to be appeased or controlled.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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

"This announcement appears to be about appeasing the markets and its shareholders while ignoring its workers," she said at the time.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025

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

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025

Daalder was alluding to Britain’s early World War II prime minister who was widely criticized for appeasing Hitler as the German fuhrer marched across Europe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

Most of them, especially those who came to the principality as new men, when they recognized the difficulty resulting from the two opposing humours, turned to appeasing the soldiers, caring little about injuring the people.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli