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as in acquiesced
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as in conformed
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If some companies, like BP and Total acquiesced, others like Exxon and Conoco packed up and left, writing off $billions and filing international arbitration claims that dissuaded many firms from seeking to establish operations in the country.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026 -
Key attacker Djordje Mihailovic abruptly pushed the club to leave in the summer and, ultimately, the Rapids reluctantly acquiesced to an $8 million trade to Toronto FC.—
Tom Bogert,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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But sanctions, as a tool, only work some of the time, and US sanctions on Iran have not always conformed to what experts consider best practices.—
James Sneed,
NPR,
6 Feb. 2026
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Florida law should not be conformed to Israel’s whims on that matter.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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Hayes said Sousa-Martin's' public defender has consented to a motion that delays proceedings until late February.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Brenner and Ostrofsky consented before having a moment to discuss it.—
Thomas Koetting,
jsonline.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Cannon and a State Farm adjuster conducted a joint inspection in December 2021.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Public opinion surveys conducted for the report show much of the world is already fearful that is happening.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Juan Carlos acceded to the Spanish throne in 1975.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Would Redford, whose eyes were just as sapphirelike as Fonda’s, have acceded to such a plan?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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This is not the first time AI systems, induced to interact with other AIs or themselves, have acted surprisingly.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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Popular Reads For over 55 years, ChildNet has always acted in good faith, transparently, and in full compliance with state and county regulations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Gaza names the moment when the mandate of the oppositional intellectual can no longer be deferred, aestheticized, or selectively applied.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Half of it will be deferred until age 45 or 20 years after their first Olympic appearance, whichever comes later.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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And maybe part of that call of fate was to work for the brilliant, but odd, and never boring Irving Langmuir.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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Basic doesn't have to mean boring.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Complied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complied. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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