| placate critic | 0.72 | That argument does not placate critics. | ||
| placate investor | 0.53 | For now, WMX is trying to placate investors as best it can. | ||
| placate regulator | 0.53 | Executives must placate regulators and wring savings out of the combined companies to meet the demands of Wall Street. | ||
| placate voter | 0.53 | The reshuffle is an attempt to placate dissatisfied voters. | ||
| placate protester | 0.46 | Mugabe, in an apparently curtailed speech, failed to placate the protesters. | ||
| placate concern | 0.39 | To placate his concerns, Kelly sent pictures. | ||
| placate worker | 0.39 | The government had hoped to placate workers by granting greater rights to unionize. | ||
| placate conservative | 0.33 | Dole pranced farther and farther to the right in an obvious effort to placate conservatives. | ||
| placate moderate | 0.33 | His nomination of the two Muslims appeared to be a gesture to placate moderates. | ||
| placate opponent | 0.33 | That did not appear to placate some opponents of the visit. | ||
| placate anger | 0.26 | Lee apologised and retracted the remarks to placate Malaysian anger. | ||
| placate customer | 0.26 | Sometimes, however, the company will cut the bill to placate the customer, PUC officials say. | ||
| placate farmer | 0.26 | Taiwan placates farmers after trade talks with U.S. | ||
| placate opposition | 0.26 | Deaver began suggesting ways to soften the impact by adding new events to the itinerary that might placate the opposition. | ||
| placate shareholder | 0.26 | BFI accused Attwoods directors of repeatedly placating shareholders with promises that never materialized. | ||
| placate side | 0.26 | The politician wants to placate all sides. | ||
| placate union | 0.26 | These changes did little to placate the unions. |