as in to ingratiate
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Newly acquired Green Bay Packers star pass-rusher Micah Parsons wasted no time ingratiating himself into the Packers-Detroit Lions rivalry.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025 -
Grieving a twin brother is fundamental to their friendship, and Roman has no idea that Dennis has lied to ingratiate himself into his life.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is a dense, unforgiving movie in the classic sense, an adults-only drama that doesn’t placate despite its stylistic overreaches.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Sep. 2025
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Why placate someone and, as a result, not enjoy myself as much?—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
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Sales of this card have slowed in recent months as anyone who has one seems to content to hold on to it.—
Andrew Mackie,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The clip, posted under @thegoldenbrospack, shows the golden retriever and Great Pyrenees mix and tabby cat sitting closely, clearly content in each other's company.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Hearing held to 'appease' defendant Campbell’s plea withdrawal eventually went before Judge Leslie Ghiz.—
Kevin Grasha,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Nevertheless, Ed still idolized Augusta and would grow to become obsessed with appeasing her, according to Biography.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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Rulers on the Nile did not rely solely on their own human powers but worshipped and propitiated a natural world that was alive with gods.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The credulous faith that these superpowers will voluntarily settle for some form of peaceful coexistence, if only they are sufficiently propitiated with concessions, is naive and dangerous.—
Michael Miklaucic,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2025
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Flowers are a sweet gesture from a friend who wants to celebrate your successes or comfort you when times are tough.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Oct. 2025
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There’s something comforting about the spectacle of their comfort.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The issue is whether the focus remains, as promised, on celebrating the team’s victories (or consoling their defeats).—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Several teammates shuffled over to console him.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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That was the goal set out by Prime Minister Netanyahu from the outset, that Hamas is disarmed, that Gaza is de-radicalized and demilitarized.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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In particular, there is still uncertainty on the issue of who will govern postwar Gaza and whether Hamas will agree to disarm.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Endear (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endear%20%28to%29. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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