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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Food can be a pacifier to disturbed feelings.
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It had proved quite an exciting substitute for lost love, and a pacifier in that time of grave trouble.
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The best pacifier appears to be applause, the kind of attention 2-year-olds demand from their parents.
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Was 1, fed on formula from birth, fruitlessly searching for a suitable pacifier at twenty-three?