acquiesce

They may start pulling soft strings — saying he felt guilted into making this decision or that he was not of sound mind when he made it — to see if you acquiesce.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The social compact that endured since that trauma was that Iranians would acquiesce to hardship and restrictions in return for a strong state that protects them from foreign attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

There are no doubt plenty who will acquiesce to their demands.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

"You will be the same person that will castigate us if we acquiesce to accepting Venezuelan prisoners into Nigeria," he added.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

I could not but acquiesce, for I was “dog-tired,” and could not have sat up had I tried.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

You say everyone acquiesces to the older brother.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

He will hope the new leader acquiesces to his plea to be allowed to remain in the job until next May.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

But in the spirit of politeness and family unity, she acquiesces to Paul’s desire for a nice family Thanksgiving, despite their political differences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

When Haider acquiesces to his dad’s expectations — he finds a job, and his wife is forced out of hers — the entire home’s stability comes tumbling down.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

The story is rather one of a pigeon than a dog, for it is quite evident that she is the devoted friend, and that he acquiesces in the friendship.

From Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" by Various

It was somewhere during that “whirlwind” that she finally acquiesced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

He made a case to your grandmother to reduce your inheritance to 10% from one-third and she acquiesced.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

The Motion Picture Association and the U.S. ambassador to Canada had pressed the country to change the policy, and the government acquiesced late Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

It has just acquiesced to the status quo until it can decide.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

Isa gestured for them to come out, and they both acquiesced without bothering to put on jackets.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

You did not fall in line, and your brother was rewarded for acquiescing, even if he did have his own agenda.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Big banks have already been acquiescing to Musk’s unusual demands, including paying up front for Grok subscriptions, thus juicing SpaceX’s flagging A.I. revenue.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

Google is named as a defendant in the November lawsuit and is accused of “knowingly acquiescing in, failing to remedy, and materially assisting the unauthorized access” into Ritter’s accounts despite being provided notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

And pushed back again when the team insisted and said where to do it, saying: "I'll tell you when we're going to swap" before eventually acquiescing.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

By acquiescing in an act that can cause such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished as a human being?

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson