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From there, Cassidy moved to mollify his own fears.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

“They showed they could weather the storm and the administration had to climb down from the tariffs and spend most of the past year trying to mollify China.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 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

Pocock wrote back with a long, detailed technical explanation of his design and proposed a few minor modifications that he thought might mollify Ebright without compromising the integrity of the shell.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

He mollifies a suspicious Senate subcommittee Did he or didn't he?

From Time Magazine Archive

"It mollifies the entire course of postoperative pain."

From Time Magazine Archive

For moisture mollifies, and both giues leaue to the roots to spread, and makes the earth yeeld sap and nourishment with plenty & facility.

From A New Orchard And Garden or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard: Particularly in the North and generally for the whole kingdome of England by William Lawson

Umb, This mollifies, But y'are so fickle: and will again denie 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

It mollifies our inferiority to be able to add to our honest admiration of anyone's great intellectual merit, 'But did you ever see such a chin!'

From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Augustine Birrell

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

“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

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

“In a—a fan magazine,” he improvised wildly and Krum looked mollified.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

But if you can get on its wavelength, there’s a mollifying charm to Travolta’s debut.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

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

What if Reykdal, a person of considerable smarts and energy, used those traits to rally teachers and parents, rather than mollifying legislators as more kids leave public education for private- and home-schooling?

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2023

“I never intended to exclude folks who were cooperating with us,” he said, striking a mollifying note.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2022

“Don’t tell the world what we’re trying to do,” Jack whispered in a mollifying tone.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright