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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
placate .
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Examples
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Everyone placates her, including her furrowed brow-plagued business partner, Milton Greene (Dominic Cooper), and her coddling acting coach, Paula Strasberg (Zoë Wanamaker).
Felice Arenas: Williams Has Same 'Hunger as Monroe,' Says My Week With Marilyn Director
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Distracted and anxious, he dallies with his mistress (Penelope Cruz), reassures his wife (Marion Cotillard), placates his producer (Ricky Tognazzi) and seeks inspiration from his muse (Nicole Kidman).
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No way it's not 0-2 if Houston would have just. shot. the ball.59 mins: Hall collects the corner - via about three heads.60 mins: Carr fouls Cesar in the midfield, placates to avoid getting a second yellow.
Sporting KC 0-2 Houston Dynamo - as it happened! | MLS Eastern Conference Championship
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Everyone placates her, including her furrowed brow-plagued business partner, Milton Greene (Dominic Cooper), and her coddling acting coach, Paula Strasberg (Zoë Wanamaker).
Felice Arenas: Williams Has Same 'Hunger as Monroe,' Says My Week With Marilyn Director
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What sets RE5 apart is that its locale is in Africa, and its requisite evil is a zombie (- like) horde -- that combination triggers our overly sensitive antiracist notions, and off we all go, wringing our hands uncomfortably and kneejerking into either justification or admonition mode (whichever better placates your conscience).
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Apple has since defined its restrictions on content (and accepted Fiore's cartoons), which placates some critics.
Josh Levy: Ten Ways Your Mobile Phone Company Tried to Screw You in 2010
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The Muslim Brotherhood, for example, was ignited by the Mubarak regime's opposition, following a pattern all too familiar from Iran: a ruler who seems "just like us" placates the West while at home his secret police quash opponents without restraint.
Deepak Chopra: For Once, a Chance to Root for the Arab Street
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The Muslim Brotherhood, for example, was ignited by the Mubarak regime's opposition, following a pattern all too familiar from Iran: a ruler who seems "just like us" placates the West while at home his secret police quash opponents without restraint.
Deepak Chopra: For Once, a Chance to Root for the Arab Street
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The Muslim Brotherhood, for example, was ignited by the Mubarak regime's opposition, following a pattern all too familiar from Iran: a ruler who seems "just like us" placates the West while at home his secret police quash opponents without restraint.
Deepak Chopra: For Once, a Chance to Root for the Arab Street
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Everyone placates her, including her furrowed brow-plagued business partner, Milton Greene (Dominic Cooper), and her coddling acting coach, Paula Strasberg (Zoë Wanamaker).
Felice Arenas: Williams Has Same 'Hunger as Monroe,' Says My Week With Marilyn Director
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