appeasement

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Unfortunately, Burns’s strategy of partial appeasement still spelled economic misfortune.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

Legal experts suggest appeasement could be viable under certain circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

“There is a need for respect, appeasement and unity,” he said, in a nod to the fraught political landscape he now presides over.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024

“I am saying now that I am going to work for appeasement, for conditions that will allow the country to be peaceful … let’s all hold inclusive discussions before we go to elections,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Our old teacher brought paper doilies to school in her many efforts at appeasement, and her windows were always crawling with paper vegetation.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood