pacify

Army had been spending $150 million a month to pacify the Triangle of Death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

We are easier to marginalize and to pacify if we fold ourselves into such tiny boxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024

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

He also accuses the Canadian star of selling out, saying he only makes music to "pacify" fans.

From BBC ● May 1, 2024

He wanted to hold the troops, make sacrifice, a hekatomb, something to pacify Athena’s rage.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

“People are saying, ‘Let’s give our peculiar new king a chance,’ while the prospect of an election pacifies a lot of the frustration and rage that people would otherwise feel.”

From New York Times ● May 7, 2023

In recent months, Farinelli has taken on business partners and a few employees, and has begun working with a third-party logistics company for shipping, though he still pacifies cranky shoppers personally.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022

Nov. 8 is his “Groundhog Day,” on endless repeat, in a way that pleases and pacifies him.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2017

“Is it really something that pacifies? Or is it something that drives apart?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2016

And truly this is that sacrifice, which being offered without spot to God, pacifies all, ver.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

But the details will be all the more important, as activists may not be pacified by temporary measures.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

“What catches on is completely unpredictable, there’s almost a mysterious alchemy to it. What’s clear is this: The regime hasn’t pacified them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026

This is a man who has pacified a team who seemed to be at war with itself once.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024

“I have faith that very soon all this region is going to be pacified and brotherhood and concord will return,” he said during a recent visit to La Concordia to inaugurate a new bridge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

He pacified his conscience by promising himself a compensatingly harder self-discipline, purifications the more complete and thorough.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

At this point, even pacifying the thousands of fans who protested against the club's ownership before the Old Trafford defeat by 10-man City looks beyond them.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

If the Fed is otherwise confident in its bank-liquidity regulations, there’s no obvious reason pacifying the overnight lending market should be a policy concern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

“Priests and pastors and members of all the churches have participated, helped in pacifying the country. I think it is very good,” López Obrador said the day after the existence of the negotiations was revealed.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

Shetty’s voice, as you might expect from a meditation expert, is extremely pacifying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2023

I called out pacifying words; I entreated; I finally surrendered.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole