as in to ingratiate
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With both older and younger users, the stigma is being eroded by convenience and accessibility, and Suno is positioned to ingratiate itself to a world that is normalizing generative art.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
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The space agency previously had a $25 billion budget and is crucial to Musk’s rocket business, SpaceX. Isaacman, a pilot who has privately flown to space twice with SpaceX, ingratiated himself with the president by giving $2 million to Trump’s inaugural committee.—
Jonathan Swan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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Reports from several Bangladeshi news sources say that the country is prepared to offer the U.S. generous terms—a total zeroing out of duties on hundreds of U.S.-made products, to be exact—in order to placate President Donald Trump, who levied 37-percent tariffs on Bangladesh on April 2.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
21 May 2025
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But Johnson is hopeful that provisions to address both issues will placate blue-state Republicans and conservatives, two groups who have emerged as the biggest roadblocks in passing the massive bill.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
16 May 2025
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This was the first time Apple or its developers had needed to content with truly dynamically resizable app windows in iOS or iPadOS, the first time Apple had implemented a virtual memory system on the iPad, and the first time Apple had tried true multi-monitor support.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2025
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The half-dozen reporters milling around took off, contenting themselves with chatting with Francesco Ziaco, a 63-year-old banker who had come to see Cardinal Pizzaballa — and who happened to also look a lot like him.—
Patricia Mazzei,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
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Our theory at the time was that Boeing planes would be leveraged as countries sought to reduce trade deficits with the U.S. to appease Trump.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
27 June 2025
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As long as the far-left is determining their party’s agenda, Democrats will continue to bleed support as more and more Americans reject not only its radicalism but its inability to distinguish between right and wrong and its inclination to appease evil.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
26 June 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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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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Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo put his arm around Marte during a pitching change in the bottom of the seventh inning in an effort to comfort the two-time All Star.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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Sadie Robertson, who is expecting her third baby with her husband Christian Huff, further comforted her sister on the podcast.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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The recent hearing marks the end of a whirlwind romance that began in early 2021 when Porsha reached out to console Simon during his divorce from Falynn Pina, a former RHOA cast member.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
13 June 2025
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Willie begins to tear up, and Korie rushes to his side to console him.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
2 June 2025
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As Russia has demonstrated in its war in Ukraine, the country that controls global navigation systems and can disarm the satellites of its adversaries will have enormous military advantages.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Netanyahu has rejected those terms, saying Israel will continue the war until all the hostages are returned and Hamas is defeated or disarmed and sent into exile.—
Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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“Endear (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endear%20%28to%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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