as in to ingratiate
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The shot was redirected home by Marchment, ingratiating him with his new chums.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
21 Dec. 2025 -
Salary and stock are not the only ways Southern Company has ingratiated itself with Moniz.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Dec. 2025
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Other sertanejo and agronejo artists content themselves with promoting agrobusiness interests through their lyrics, praising industrial farming and the miracle of pesticides.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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Companies such as Gamefam connect native Roblox games and their creators with brands, reminiscent of the multi-channel networks (MCNs) that proliferated YouTube in the early 2010s and signed video makers to content partnerships.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
22 Dec. 2025
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Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian has struck a more conciliatory tone, urging dialogue and promising economic reforms in bid to placate demonstrators demanding political change, action on corruption and relief from rising living costs.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
6 Jan. 2026
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The authoritative tone from the Air Force panel seemed to placate the press, even though officials never actually offered a definitive explanation.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
28 Dec. 2025
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To appease conservatives, GOP leaders agreed to separate the Commerce, Justice and science portion from the other two bills.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The country is now being led by the former Vice-President, Delcy Rodríguez, who is trying to appease Trump and fend off internal challenges, as our foreign correspondent Jon Lee Anderson explains on the latest episode of the Political Scene podcast.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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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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That’s unlikely to comfort the oil industry that new Venezuelan and US governments don’t change the rules on them years down the line.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Season two of the now award-winning, critical and commercial hit medical drama once again kicks things off with Robby heading to the hospital for his shift, but aside from our fearless leader being back on our screens, the whole setup feels less than comforting this time around.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Back at the cooking lesson, Meredith eventually joins them, but is so in a huff that even their instructor, Giovanni, takes notice and consoles her.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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Sanchez’s grieving family members consoled each other behind crime scene tape in front of the Goodwill store.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
14 Dec. 2025
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Still, Hamas refuses to disarm.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Hairston was charged with resisting an officer with violence, attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer, kidnapping and child abuse, officials said.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Endear (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endear%20%28to%29. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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