appeasement
Example Sentences
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"In five years time will we look back at this approach and see it as appeasement? See it as a massive error?"
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
Legal experts suggest appeasement could be viable under certain circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
As Darcy observed in an earlier Status scoop, insiders view Thompson’s move as an appeasement offering to the returning president.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025
Schools are trying various tactics from appeasement to threats of disciplinary action to get protestors to take down encampments or move to other areas of campus.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024
Vasiljevic’s strategy of appeasement was to give him whatever he wanted, even though the item might not have been mentioned in the contract.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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