pacify
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I don't think we should expect to pacify the crowd, that might not be possible.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025
There’s a mercenary quality to the more ostentatious looks; they please crowds or pacify them for long enough to compel closer listening to the intricacies of her music.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025
It starts with Lamar rapping quickly but calmly over a smooth-jazz backdrop, taunting, “I make music that electrify ’em, you make music that pacify ’em.”
From New York Times • May 3, 2024
The celebration lasted for half an hour before they realized this was just a piece of wishful thinking someone had spread around to pacify them.
From Slate • Nov. 29, 2023
Nobody else couldn’t pacify him so they called Tea Cake to come see if he could stop him.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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