appeasement
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With hindsight, it's easy to mock Britain's policy of appeasement during the 1930s.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
For one thing, her girl’s request to get a hamster and Linda’s weary appeasement just rings all too true.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
In the late ’60s, the school decided to sanction the event as a safety measure, setting aside old furniture in some kind of appeasement scheme that didn’t always tame the chaos.
From Slate • May 2, 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
Beyond the gated community at Alexandria, then, Hellenistic Egypt was a stewpot of roiling antagonisms, contained only by an elaborate system of regulations, appeasement, and, if necessary, military force.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Vocabulary lists containing appeasement
A Thousand Splendid Suns
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