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Merz sought to assuage his critics this week, insisting that "long-term lessons" would be drawn from the difficult summer.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

The result has left many in Michigan’s Jewish community wary of El-Sayed and looking for outreach from him and his campaign to assuage their concerns.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

At that level of investment, Moore said the “sophisticated third party investor groups” are calling the shots, which should assuage fears that deals are being “purely driven by circular motivations.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Those comments appeared intended to assuage investors who’ve grown concerned that people could be spending less time on the streaming service as rivals like YouTube gain market share.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

Trueba proceeded to explain to him the various clauses of the marriage contract, which did a great deal to assuage the Frenchman’s fears.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

To Friedman, the answer to the first question assuages concern about the second.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024

A sort of penance, where by reading all the nasty comments under every post she assuages some of her guilt, as a zealot whips himself bloody to atone for sin?

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

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

From New York Times ● May 23, 2018

The acquisition of this power of intellectual sympathy is a common accompaniment of a large and cultivated mind, and wherever it exists, it assuages the rancour of controversy.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Nor has the boom in stock prices assuaged discontent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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

That was partly assuaged when the cast, made up of up-and-coming talent rather than established names, was announced.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

This was a tribulation; Isaac wanted sorely the camaraderie of his heretic congregation, their sweet witness; he missed the singing and tears, the prayers of love and fellow-feeling, the entreaties of sorrow assuaged.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Given the stock’s retreat over recent months, stronger-than-expected results, amid low expectations, “could go a long way in assuaging several of these investor concerns.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

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

He later served as the deputy chief over Central Bureau, earning high marks for promoting officer de-escalation training, while also tackling homelessness and assuaging fears of deportation among the city’s immigrant residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 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