appease
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The second hope is that the pipeline, which would run from Alberta's landlocked oil patch to the coast, will help appease the western province, which argues it has long been hampered from developing its resources.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Whatever the assignment was supposed to accomplish, it did not appease the man it was designed to flatter.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
Evergrande struggled to appease angry homebuyers and investors, as the firm's crisis triggered rare protests outside its offices in China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Or he might be trying to appease Mr. Kim at a moment when U.S. weapons stocks and deployments are stretched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“I’m just doing bathrooms,” Holly says, to appease me.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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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
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While the funding plan removed what Deutsche Bank’s Brad Zelnick called the “monkey off the back” for Oracle, it hasn’t appeased skeptical investors.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 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
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
South Korea thought it had appeased its powerful friend.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
I guess I could have appeased them by simply staying away from white tennis players, but that I was not prepared to do.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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This week underscored the challenge the New York City mayor faces in hewing to those deeply held beliefs and appeasing his political base while governing the nation’s largest city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Finding the perfect position appeasing those on either side of an issue is exhausting work and prone to error.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Landing Savinho and Palace attacker Eberechi Eze - who Tottenham have held talks over - would go some way to appeasing disgruntled supporters.
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
Then she said in an appeasing voice, "You certainly have put your time in."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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