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as in acquiesced
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as in conformed
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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 -
Everyone besides Aggie has acquiesced.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
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The famous Stanford Prison Experiment by Zimbardo revealed how quickly people conformed to roles of power or submission, often at the expense of empathy and fairness.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Columbia, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania have made deals with the Administration to restore their funding, and other universities have conformed to what the Administration seems to want in order to avoid becoming targets themselves.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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And yet no Palestinian institution with a claim to represent Gaza has formally consented to the presence of an international force there.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
29 Dec. 2025
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Adams consented to a search of the property, where Vann noticed a broken piece of ceramic tile in front of the Red Bull can, which would account for the high angle of entry into the victim's yard, according to the affidavit.—
Lauren Fichten,
CBS News,
27 Dec. 2025
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Between 2022 and 2023, a team from Arkeologerna conducted an intensive investigation in the southernmost area of the former city.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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What wasn't being collected are other research observations that are part of every hurricane season, including experiments conducted by NOAA's Hurricane Research Division and its academic partners, who were able to pay their scientists who flew with NOAA during Melissa.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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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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Ohio's state House passed the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act in late 2025, but has not been acted on in the state Senate.—
Jolene Almendarez,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Jan. 2026
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Authorities acted swiftly, issuing an urgent public alert and launching a search in the woods near her home.—
Outside,
Outside,
6 Jan. 2026
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Another of the bills will appear on the same agenda for a public hearing and its second reading, while the last of the four has been deferred until after the new year.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Nov. 2025
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Delta Air Lines deferred comment to the US Department of Transportation and the FAA.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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In a perfect world, your personal life wouldn’t seep into your job, but also, a perfect world seems boring.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2026
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These days, the aviary houses parakeets that are mostly rejects from friends whose kids got bored with them.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Complied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complied. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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