as in composed
to free from distress or disturbance
reclining peacefully on the deck, lullabied by the gentle motion of the ship
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The Balcony is textbook Manet—grand in ambition, ingeniously composed, visually charismatic, and socially unfathomable.—
Susan Tallman,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026 -
The federation says the incident prompted internal change, noting that 50% percent of its board of directors is now composed of women, who are also in several top managerial positions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Enough time passed and my parents calmed down.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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The recent decline comes as ceasefire talks in the Iran war have calmed the bond market and pulled the 10-year Treasury yield, the main driver of mortgage rates, back down.—
Tim Maxwell,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The tap-tap-tap hammering up and down my spine and around my shoulder blades actually soothed me nearly to sleep.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Irrational fears can’t be soothed by logic.—
Calvin Kasulke,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Choose from a variety of massage styles and sink into the experience while being gently rocked and lulled by the sounds of the sea.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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Last year, many were convinced American politics would be destabilized by videos manipulated by artificial intelligence, or lulled into a post-truth stupor by AI slop.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Both agencies appeased a murderer.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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There also are a lot of people who need to be appeased to put the show together, so some habits are going to die harder than others.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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Now, even as the guns have temporarily quieted, the core conditions that led to the war remain unchanged — leaving negotiators to grapple with the same unresolved question at the heart of the conflict.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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While that quieted the noise for the timebeing back in late February, the process was just beginning for Aubrey ahead of free agency.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Lullabied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lullabied. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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