Placated

I thought Sarah Failin placated the Radical Wrong. peace, mjh ❋ Unknown (2008)

But they cannot placate them the way those critics want to be placated, meaning, by allowing a strong appreciation, because this would be too harmful for their exports and growth. ❋ By JOE McDONALD (2010)

After that, he "placated" a Democrat heckler-type by observing that he had served as a successful mayor of a city full of nothing but Democrats; therefore he saw no reason why competing parties couldn't work out their differences. ❋ Unknown (2008)

CAIRO - Tens of thousands of protesters streamed into Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo Tuesday morning to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, apparently not placated by the news that Mubarak's new deputy would meet with the political opposition. ❋ Griff Witte (2011)

"Some leaders may believe that their country is an exception – that their people will not demand greater political or economic opportunities, or that they can be placated with half-measures," she said. ❋ AP (2011)

Up there, gods and men could meet: the men could climb up to placate the gods and the gods could come down to be placated, without, however, losing their heavenly purchase on everything going on down below. ❋ James L. Kugel (2011)

After marathon negotiations, Blockbuster tweaked its sale plan in a way that placated the studios. ❋ Mike Spector (2011)

If his longtime fans feared Tiësto was abandoning them for a wider audience, they'll be placated by his new mix compilation, Club Life, Vol. ❋ Jim Fusilli (2011)

He reached for my hand, but I pulled it away, refusing to be placated. ❋ Kristi Cook (2011)

And since Lincoln knew that the only way Southern delegates would be placated was with a compromise plan that did exactly what the President-elect rejected, the Convention was doomed to failure before it even gaveled to order at the Willard in February 1861. ❋ Harold Holzer (2011)

Not all citizens have been placated, and some protesters returned to the streets this weekend. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"That's all right," the doctor placated sharply and authoritatively. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Women aren't supposed to like the Stooges and maybe Sister Mary Carmel, our principal, allowed them to keep us boys placated, but I always suspected she was laughing her beads off at the back of the auditorium. ❋ Unknown (2009)