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were appeased
verb
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
Exact(27)
The regulators were appeased.
The French had succeeded; the Americans were appeased.
Initially disappointed, Arsenal's fans were appeased in the end.
None of them were appeased by Mubarak's announcement.
If the smoke went straight up, the ancestors were appeased.
Many were appeased by being granted the status of gods (Japanese goryō-shin, "goryō deities").
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Glickman always believed that the coaches, perhaps through Brundage, were appeasing Hitler.
"We know from history that appeasement will never satisfy those that are being appeased," he said.
He shouldn't be appeased".
This opposition cannot be appeased.
"Charles is appeased," Mr. Aaron said later.
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