mollify
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They have every reason to mollify the Hollywood crowd to extract full value from their merged empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
X in June sought to mollify the EU by adding a disclaimer to the checkmark.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has taken a cautious approach, seeking to mollify Trump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025
The first of these groups includes Bannon and may be the trickiest to mollify.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
The statement, which was clearly designed to mollify conservatives, received an icy reception in Hayti.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
"It mollifies the entire course of postoperative pain."
From Time Magazine Archive
He mollifies a suspicious Senate subcommittee Did he or didn't he?
From Time Magazine Archive
This mollifies him, and he politely shows us what he is doing.
From Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit by Henry Van Dyke
Umb, this mollifies; but y'are so fickle, and will again deny this, there being no witness by.
From The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother by John Fletcher
So, so; she mollifies apace—she's struck with my figure! this attitude has had its effect.
From The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
He was not at all mollified by a problem with the GPS system that shows teams where all the cars are on track.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Some readers may be mollified by this—or amused by Mr. Pappalardo’s explanation that telling the tale of Borger required some shiftiness since “it’s just that kind of town.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
“Nvidia will likely exceed earnings expectations but the question is whether investors will be mollified or not,” she added.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
Neither move mollified Carter, who gave Bass until May to fix the broken system, vowing to become “your worst nightmare” should she fail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
“Hmph,” I said, though secretly I was mollified.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
This is evidently quite appealing, or mollifying, to many audiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But if you can get on its wavelength, there’s a mollifying charm to Travolta’s debut.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Bezos rejected claims that he declined an endorsement to Harris in hopes of mollifying Trump, although he acknowledged that his web of business interests would always present appearances of potential conflicts of interest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
It’s a great character moment for Danvers, who has been more comfortable than Navarro in mollifying the powers-that-be.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
“Someday soon, you find that fair one,” she said in mollifying tones.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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