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For now, the changes have pacified Wall Street, where some disgruntled investors were calling for Mr. Costolo’s resignation just a few months ago.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2015

People's good energies have pacified the fighters: they're hugging within seconds.

From The Guardian • May 28, 2013

BBC Brasil's Julia Carneiro says that police have "pacified" more than 20 shanty towns in recent years.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2012

Since then, peace deals with the region's warlords have pacified the delta, and Boko Haram in the north has become the number one threat to Nigeria's security.

From Reuters • Jan. 2, 2012

A little reasoning would have pacified that farmer.

From Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters by Graydon, William Murray