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They have realized that like-minded countries need to spend more time working with one another and less time trying to conciliate leaders in Beijing and Pyongyang.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2023

Yes, pay them beforehand, soften the blow in advance, and conciliate their good will while we still have the chance.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022

He had to reward those who backed him, but many believe he also needed to conciliate those who were unhappy with his election.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2021

To conciliate Federalists who still resented the recent war, Monroe toured New England shortly after his inauguration and attracted widespread popular applause.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Lyra knew that this was a time to conciliate, and she was happy to do that, having gotten her way.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

He conciliates them all by nominating a ticket on which the offices are shrewdly distributed; and out of the Babel his “slate” gets the majority.

From Races and Immigrants in America by John R. (John Rogers) Commons

Diffidence may check resolution and obstruct performance, but compensates its embarrassments by more important advantages; it conciliates the proud, and softens the severe, averts envy from excellence, and censure from miscarriage.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson

Enough! you have convinced me that a man who contents the people and awes or conciliates the nobles is born for empire.

From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

If this state of things does not exactly answer to my expectations, it pleases and conciliates Aniela.

From Without Dogma by Henryk Sienkiewicz

He is anxious to make Stoicism available for his friends; he tones down its gratuitous harshness, accommodates, conciliates.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover

I’m further conciliated by Mr. Youngkin’s representation of his state’s recent economic-development wins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

But of course it had its cost, in the sense that it meant he conciliated.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2019

If you notice P losing their cool at the prospect of not being conciliated, don’t respond to their tantrum.

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2018

The strength of her beliefs gave her the courage to push on where others might have conciliated.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2013

By such means, indeed, they may be conciliated.

From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A French visitor — a conservationist for an NGO and a symbolic representative of the European Union — bleats a few conciliating sentiments but is scornfully shut down.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

“However one of the tasks will be conciliating Neymar’s individuality with the team and trying to contain Neymar’s petulance.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2018

“This will have the best possible effect upon the men,” said Lee, and “will do much toward conciliating our people.”

From Washington Post

Until then he had seemed fully aware of his delicate role as a possible successor who would be called upon to play a healing and conciliating role if Nixon left office.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chaplain rose quickly and edged away from Yossarian’s bed, and then nodded with a conciliating smile and promised to conduct himself with appropriate caution.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller