mollify
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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
Maybe someone down at the petrol station, to which William keeps sneaking to mollify his insatiable chocolate addiction and where local people do unspeakable things with the gas pumps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
X in June sought to mollify the EU by adding a disclaimer to the checkmark.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
The first of these groups includes Bannon and may be the trickiest to mollify.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 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
Vocabulary lists containing mollify
Of Mice and Men
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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