deigned

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That applied to observers who deigned to take photographs of the case's famous players in the courthouse and lawyers who pushed their questions into territory the judge had previously made clear were off-limits.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Times were unimportant, however, as the racers who deigned to take to the Stelvio course finetuned their lines down the course in the kind of flat light that is also forecast for Saturday's medal race.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have deigned to give us proof of their budding relationship: The couple was seen strolling, hand-in-hand, a couple of times in NYC over the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023

This season of "Drag Race" already promised to be the best ever after RuPaul deigned to perform in last week's premiere, but it wasn't done with its surprises.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2022

Perhaps the universe should have deigned to provide such warnings, but scythes were no more supernatural than tax collectors in the grand scheme of things.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman