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complied

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past tense of comply

as in acquiesced

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as in conformed

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Nearly forgotten is how 13 months later a hesitant Kennedy emerged, one who ignored his own instincts and reluctantly acquiesced to a coup in South Vietnam cooked up by middle-ranking aides to stabilize a chaotic country coming apart at the seams.

— Clifford Krauss, Air Mail, 25 July 2026
Lidia told me that at least half the women in her unit eventually acquiesced.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

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That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.

— Kevin Baxter Follow June 7, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
Those interested in 529 savings plans should beware that not all states have fully conformed their income tax codes to the federal code.

— Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026

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But Burke's defense team countered that Celeste's family had consented to at least some of their time together, presenting a permission slip signed by her parents allowing Celeste to travel to London with Burke, according to the outlet.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
It’s sourced mostly from my open records requests, plus one video that was shared with me by a parent who consented to its publication.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 24 July 2026

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All the research Matthews' group had conducted, along with weather data from the time of the crash, was synthesized to develop a map of the most likely location and a search area of 10 square nautical miles.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Oil prices are rising after the United States conducted an 11th consecutive night of strikes on Iranian military targets and Houthi rebels in Yemen threatened to disrupt a crucial escape hatch for Saudi Arabia’s oil exports.

— Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

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When Queen Elizabeth acceded to the throne in 1952 upon the death of her father, King George VI, Winston Churchill was the British prime minister.

— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
In 1910, following the death of his father, King Edward VII, King George V acceded to the throne and Mary became Queen.

— Natasha Leake, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2026

Definition of acceded

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The World Cup acted as South Downtown’s debut, packing the area with traveling fans and locals taking their first look at downtown Atlanta’s next era.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Yet from July 3, 2025, until Clase, too, was placed on leave on July 28, the perennial All-Star acted as if nothing was brewing.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 28 July 2026

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The Senators are trying to reach a compromise with the Big Ten and SEC on about 270 different passages in the bill, most of which would bore you to tears.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 July 2026
The best moment of this episode comes near the end, when Amanda Cronin, bored by a ridiculous argument, decides to reapply her lip gloss using her knife as a mirror.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 July 2026

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