accustom
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Trent, the former customer the Roosevelt Bartell, ended up at the Rite Aid in Wedgwood, where she said she’s had to accustom herself to long waits.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023
Several mahouts went to Sri Lanka in advance to accustom the animal to being caged so he wouldn’t panic during the trip to Thailand.
From Washington Times • Jul. 2, 2023
Much the same is true for the pandemic, which lingers in ways we find we can endure precisely because our martial metaphors accustom us to thinking we will definitively defeat it.
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022
Apparently convinced of the virtues of modesty, he never seemed to accustom himself to the perquisites of fame and high office.
From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2021
I tried to move among the angry voices, blinking, struggling to accustom my eyes to the very dim light.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
Vocabulary lists containing accustom
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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Tears of a Tiger
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