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Suddenly, pablum becomes prophecy.—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026 Ferreira dispensed with the usual pablum, about not focusing on results, taking it one day at a time, enjoying the journey and what have you.—Sean Gregory, Time, 18 Feb. 2026 The Rip, from the director Joe Carnahan, is a cop drama where macho guys (and gals) tote carbine rifles and grunt law-enforcement lingo—the kind of crime-genre pablum that commonly gets thrown onto Netflix in mid-January.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026 Their happiness is suspect because it’s fed by pablum.—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pablum