as in to ingratiate
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Critics have said, however, that the mayor may have attempted to ingratiate himself with Trump for assistance in the case, potentially even a pardon.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025 -
View Comments Tech leaders have worked – and paid – to ingratiate themselves with the Trump administration, hoping to curry favor even if their relationships were more combative in his first term.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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The man literally bailed on their wedding day, but we were somehow meant to believe that getting married at City Hall placated his commitmentphobia.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Red Bull team principal refuted the allegations, before Verstappen himself intervened to placate both parties.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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While other conservative youth groups had contented themselves with offering up celebrity speakers, Kirk’s group was training and even funding student-government candidates, as a kind of PAC for youngsters.—
Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2025
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English had bogeys on two of his first five holes, steadied himself with a birdie on the par-5 sixth hole, then contented himself with 12 straight pars the remainder of the round.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Catch up quick: Stripe tender offers are becoming an annual event as the company seeks to appease employees while continuing to delay an IPO.—
Ryan Lawler,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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The days of appeasing regimes that are hostile to the United States, coddling dictators, and sidelining our national security interests are over.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Since 1979, the United States has sought to contain or propitiate the regime in Tehran.—
Danielle Pletka,
National Review,
6 Nov. 2023
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Both the sirens and Proteus know much, if not all, that has happened upon the face of the earth, but whereas the sirens sing their song unbidden while taking the hearer’s life in return, Proteus under compulsion tells the hearer the proper animal sacrifice to offer to propitiate the gods.—
Marina Warner,
The New York Review of Books,
27 May 2021
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This is really just, across America, giving folks that maybe feel a lot of despair across this first month an outlet to feel heard and understood and comforted by like-minded individuals.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
25 Feb. 2025
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But Banks, 51, is comforted by the chaos surrounding her.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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Quan, now 53, also recalls Ford consoling him while filming that frightening sequence, which sees Ford's titular explorer and Quan's sidekick character, Short Round, chart an escape from the Temple of Doom.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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The game follows four protagonists including Captain America and Black Panther, with some shockingly awe-inspiring visuals pushing the current generation consoles hard.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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The father was knocked to the ground and disarmed during the fight, before his son picked up the gun.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Feb. 2025
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Ask them to tell you more to disarm defensiveness and foster trust, making even the prickliest clients feel heard, respected and ultimately satisfied.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Endear (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endear%20%28to%29. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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