appease
Example Sentences
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“The big question is whether this would be enough to appease the Iranian citizenry, given the level of dissatisfaction, rioting and violence we are seeing on the ground at the moment,” she said.
That did not appease the PTPA, which began legal action against the men's and women's tours in March, citing "anti-competitive practices and a blatant disregard for player welfare".
From BBC
And if you think that ignoring their wishes is going to snowball into a larger conflict, you could do one small thing to appease them.
From MarketWatch
A South Korean court acquitted a former national security adviser and other senior officials on Friday after they were accused of trying to cover up a murder to appease Pyongyang.
From Barron's
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
