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FIFA’s insistence that the judiciary body that made the decision was independent did nothing to assuage Belgium’s soccer federation, which said it was astonished by the move.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The changes also help to assuage potential anxiety operators might have felt about disregarding state and local laws and the lawsuits that result from that disregard for the law.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

But that statement has done little to assuage the rumours, with supporters even interrupting a June city council meeting in American Fork City to accuse the police of misconduct.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

In a move to bolster its business offerings and assuage investor concerns about AI making some software offerings obsolete, Salesforce said it had agreed to acquire Fin, formerly known as Intercom.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

I get that they’re worried and looking out for me, but I can’t abide their pleas or assuage their fears.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Having Castillo atop the rotation certainly assuages many of those feelings.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

She finishes the job, beating it to a pulp, and assuages her guilt by taking home the large, speckled egg she discovers nearby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2022

Harrison validates and assuages this fear by telling James that love is love is love and James should feel free to pick whomever he wants.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2021

Whether the new policy further inflames or assuages the controversy remains to be seen.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2018

Time assuages all grief, as Nature relieves suffering beyond endurance by fainting and insensibility.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.

But on Friday, the Americans assuaged all of those concerns in a single half of soccer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

That hasn’t assuaged concerns among some that a dot-com-style bubble may be building, especially given the sharp run-up.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

In an instant, Urbina’s fears had been assuaged.

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

But these were largely assuaged by a new start line procedure that was trialled at the test, which gives the drivers more time to get the turbos spinning at the optimum speed.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Her fears were not fully assuaged until she became pregnant early in the new year and delivered a healthy boy, John Eric Lawrence, in mid-October.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The goal was to provide enterprise customers more powerful tools while assuaging the White House’s concerns that they could be weaponized by bad actors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

The presence of the Ivorian army in the remote and long-neglected northeast, hundreds of kilometres from the economic capital Abidjan, has succeeded in assuaging locals' concerns -- to an extent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

"A sincere apology would acknowledge that grievance and, in my view, would go some way to assuaging the sense of injustice," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024

The revised bid is aimed at assuaging investors who have come out against the deal in recent weeks, saying it would enrich Shari Redstone, Paramount’s controlling shareholder, at the expense of other investors.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

During the first months of their marriage, he called Celia every night, his gentle voice assuaging her.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García