curry favor
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People in prison confess to crimes, regardless of innocence, for any manner of reasons: because they are coerced, because their memories are unclear, to curry favor, for attention.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Infantino has long sought to curry favor with Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
And what are the incentives for Republican lawmakers to curry favor with these figures?
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
Both Paramount and Netflix sought to curry favor with the White House, with Paramount winning out.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Some of the highest-ranking, she saw, carried little manikins like Iofur’s rag-doll daemon, trying to curry favor, perhaps, by imitating the fashion he’d begun.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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