mollify
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No, Ms. Brown was interested in grief, memory, selective prosecution, hasty police work, the politics of law enforcement, and the need to mollify the public when a heinous crime has been committed and goes unsolved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Official L.A., anxious to mollify angry and frightened Angelenos, dropped the hammer on a plant near downtown L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
X in June sought to mollify the EU by adding a disclaimer to the checkmark.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
A cut is widely expected later this month – but is highly unlikely to be large enough to mollify the president.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
Truman tried to mollify his critics by instituting a new loyalty program for the federal government.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
"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
So, so; she mollifies apace—she's struck with my figure! this attitude has had its effect.
From The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Hoary hair mollifies minds that are fond of strife and petulant wrangling.
From The Works of Horace by Horace
Well; this mollifies a little: I am content he shall see me.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by John Dryden
“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
Investors took fright that the deficit will spiral out of control and were mollified somewhat Friday morning when Britain’s Treasury leaked that rosier economic forecasts might leave her with a smaller budget gap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
He ideally would like to bring Western nations along, yet they believe his hunger for peace outweighs his wish to ensure European leaders are mollified.
From BBC ● Aug. 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
Actually, Dad had mollified my brother, if only a little.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
That includes mollifying the person who made her vice president, thus vaulting Harris to top-tier status should she run again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
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
Chamberlin was startled to see that Holmes’s false warmth seemed to be mollifying the creditors.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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