as in to ingratiate
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Cornyn, a four-term senator from San Antonio, has sought to ingratiate himself with the Trump administration to win the president’s endorsement in his Texas GOP primary race against the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025 -
Soon the child has become a fixture in their household, alternately ingratiating himself and raising suspicions, and exposing unacknowledged rifts and unexamined secrets that threaten to wreak psychological and spiritual havoc in the lives of his makeshift adoptive parents.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
30 July 2025
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Rwanda to take migrants deported from US Rwanda agreed to take as many as 250 migrants deported from the US, part of efforts across the continent to placate Washington in the face of tariff threats and travel bans.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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According to the terms of the settlement agreement, Uber placated Waymo with a payment of 0.34% of its equity — a sum valued at approximately $245 million at the time.—
Beck Andrew Salgado,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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No one should begrudge Wayne for being contented on Tha Carter VI, secure in his reputation as one of the best to ever do it.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 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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China sells hybrids and EVs for maximum penetration While some brands offer hybrids and plug-in hybrids to appease those buyers not yet ready to make the switch to full-electric, most Chinese cars sold in Australia are electric.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Certain elements of iconography carried over, but the tone has mostly been serious, toeing a delicate line to appease fans while also attracting general audiences of all ages and backgrounds.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
8 Aug. 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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How Ming comforted his mother, who was battling cancer, by talking with her about anime and visiting Japan.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
12 Aug. 2025
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Michelle shared Mowgli's selfless acts to comfort her in a Reddit post to the subreddit channel r/MadeMeSmile, reaching over 2,100 votes and 32 comments.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
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Teenage centre-half Salmon was disappointed to miss the decisive kick, but Merino immediately went over to console him.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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De Minaur sat next to Davidovich Fokina after the match, attempting to console him and offer words of encouragement.—
Jacob Steinberg,
Baltimore Sun,
27 July 2025
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Now, as Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has been openly discussing disarming Hezbollah, natural gas remains available to Lebanon on which to rebuild its shattered economy.—
Daniel Markind,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Unlikely, the Macquarie team says, because no one in Europe believes that Putin is likely to disarm or avoid future military engagements.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Endear (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endear%20%28to%29. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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