oblige
Example Sentences
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"Content farms and internet trolls are happy to oblige them."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Mr. Broderick, himself a sometime movie star, brings a slyly funny air of noblesse oblige that dovetails amusingly with Jay’s pompous, blinkered dimness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
The platform urged the Australian authorities to oblige app stores to check users' ages as an "additional safeguard" for the world-first crackdown.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
They can leave the tourism to their legion of loyal supporters who are fortunately more than happy to oblige.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
Remote cousins and family friends whom mere acquaintanceship invested with a sort of blood obligation noblesse oblige.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Vocabulary lists containing oblige
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Essential English Vocabulary, List 1
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