as in conciliatory
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Niccol has taken a more conciliatory tone with the union.Azure Gilman, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
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In recent years, the British monarchy has adopted a more conciliatory tone when addressing the past horrors of transatlantic slavery.Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
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Because roughly half the population there are Seventh-Day Adventists, and their interpretation of the Bible in regards to eating animals is a pacific one.Danny Palumbo / The Takeout, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
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Mexico's pacific coast will be the first location in continental North America to experience totality, which will occur at about 11:07 a.m. PDT, according to NASA.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
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In one study, 18 percent of patients flew, sang, danced, laughed, lectured or enacted other peaceable activities.Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023
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These scaly, mythical creatures appear in the lore of countless societies, from the pool-dwelling, peaceable dragons of the East to the fiery, venomous demons of the West.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
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Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, says Kennedy could try to stack that advisory committee with people who are sympathetic to his views on vaccination, but those members are chosen through a rigorous nomination process.Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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The speakers on Thursday were more sympathetic to the swing voter, and harder on Donald Trump.Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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While a Harris administration may be kinder than Biden’s to Big Tech, companies centered around the gig economy could be at risk, according to a note from Bank of America seen by CNBC.Greg McKenna, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
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And Johnson would not leave the Yankee Stadium field without a few kind words for Fernando Valenzuela, who died last week.Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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While the weather could play a role in this election, the forecast looks rather benign in much of the country on Nov. 5.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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These seizures are sometimes called benign convulsions with mild gastroenteritis (stomach flu), and rotavirus is a common cause of these symptoms.Sarah Bradley, Health, 23 Oct. 2024
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This will be both disarming and believable, allowing your daughter to propose times that are both far off and inconvenient.Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
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What follows instead is a pivotal listen that conveys trauma in an assured yet disarming way.Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2021
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While in prison, Mohammadi has continued to campaign tirelessly for human rights causes, lobbying strongly for the rights of Iranian women and calling for a peaceful resolution to the war in Gaza.Niamh Kennedy, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Whether to accept election results and the peaceful transfer of power has never been on the ballot like this.ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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