placate

• He was wondering who would be harder to placate-- Mama Hallie, blocking the doorway to the fireplace behind her, or his boss, ensconced in a walnut-paneled office at the headquarters for the petroleum consortium that had sent him here. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 02 - February 1996
• First to pacify and placate, then to win and hold those worse than neutrals, was the work of John Jay. —  Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3
• The Nation -- So finally, after weeks of seamy backroom maneuvering, Benjamin Netanyahu has formed the new Israeli government, so bloated with ministries doled out as party favors that it was beginning to look as if Bibi would name a Minister of Public Toilets, or perhaps Deputy Premier for Parking Violations, just to placate dissatisfied rivals from his restless Likud stable. —  Yahoo! News: Top Stories
• The United States government spends $10 million each year to kill an estimated 100,000 wild animals, including coyotes, foxes, bobcats, badgers, bears, and mountain lions just to placate ranchers who don't want these animals killing their livestock. —  MoJo Blogs and Articles
• Nevertheless, the program provided a satisfying mix of old and new, with enough reminiscing by departed cast members (minus George Clooney and Julianna Margulies, who already did their bit) to placate those who haven't been regular "ER" visitors the last couple of seasons. —  Variety.com

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