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as in security blanket
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as in negotiator
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Recent Examples of pacifier
Other shots showed them holding baby Delilah, who had a light blue bow in her hair and had a matching light blue pacifier in her mouth.
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
As a result, vaguebooking becomes a passive-aggressive pacifier to soothe the discomfort of explicitly addressing disagreements and communicating one’s feelings.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
At that time, [Coco] was really into throwing her pacifier on the ground.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Whereas the socket is connected to itself, functioning like a pacifier.
—Bettina Funcke, Artforum, 7 Jan. 2026
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
As a result, vaguebooking becomes a passive-aggressive pacifier to soothe the discomfort of explicitly addressing disagreements and communicating one’s feelings.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
At that time, [Coco] was really into throwing her pacifier on the ground.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Whereas the socket is connected to itself, functioning like a pacifier.
—Bettina Funcke, Artforum, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacifier
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That depth, though, at least gives Brown a security blanket in case of an injury or poor performance from a rotation guy.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Viewers who hold onto Scarpetta like a security blanket will find no judgment here.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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At the center of the adaptation is a fictional anthropologist and backchannel negotiator who works in the world’s most volatile environments.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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Gaurav Srivastava is a commodities investor and negotiator with decades of experience in the global oil marketplace.—
Gaurav Srivastava,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
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All Florida executions are carried out by injecting a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.—
David Fischer,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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All Florida executions are by lethal injection using a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The animal was captured just after midnight on Friday after he was shot by a veterinarian using a tranquilizer gun.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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In Ohio, the recent trend among people who use fentanyl is to find pills spiked with an animal tranquilizer that causes severe addiction, said Beckman, of the Hamilton County Quick Response Team.—
Kaitlin Coward,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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In early tests, the device successfully captured either electrons or calcium ions—proxies for positrons and antiprotons—in the same setup.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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Israel’s National Security Council has issued a heightened travel warning for its citizens, citing a significant rise in threats from Iran and its proxies against Israelis and Jewish sites around the world.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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Those facing these difficult end-of-life decisions may benefit from seeking out veterinary palliative and hospice care, which is increasingly available.—
David L. Weimer,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2026
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In 2018, Kushner’s relationship with Videgaray was a crucial palliative, as the two men worked to resolve disputes behind the scenes.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2025
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The Orange County district attorney’s office did not immediately return a message seeking comment Wednesday, nor did Yourex’s attorney.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Netflix has dropped a trailer for its comic superhero series out of Korea, which reunites director Yoo In-sik of Extraordinary Attorney Woo with actor Park Eun-bin, who starred as the titular neurodivergent attorney.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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That could play out again with Cherfilus-McCormick and Mills, though one complicating factor with the Florida Republican is his ethics investigation isn’t as far along.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2026
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Numerous other factors will also be scrutinized after Monday’s loss, including timeout management and a scoreless fourth quarter by Karl-Anthony Towns.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Pacifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacifier. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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