assent
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Throughout our conversation, in fact, the pair chuckles, nods along to each other’s answers, interjects sounds of assent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Ministry of Justice as so far declined to grant royal assent on the basis that key safeguards including around coercion had not been written directly into the Isle of Man bill.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Or perhaps the money could require states to assent to damage suits against their prison systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Once Jacqueline Kennedy nodded her assent, Walton eyed the ground and indicated the place to be staked.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
A grumble of assent rose from the crowd.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
“False endorsement and misappropriation, FanDuel could insist, are inapplicable to a personalized video setting where the video’s talent voluntarily assents in exchange for compensation,” McCann wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Hungary has signaled it will back Sweden’s bid once Turkey assents.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Now, it’s true that not everyone on the subreddit assents to its spiteful premise: One exhausted nurse wrote a long post about how much one of her anti-vax patients suffered, as an attempt at counterbalance.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2021
“She’s gone through hell and high water,” the pastor said to nods and assents.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
Someone assents with a shout, and someone else joins in.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Elliot notes, a bit melodramatically, that while Erika “led me down the path to my destruction,” he actively assented to everything that happened to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Rubio swiftly assented to calls from European leaders to meet in Geneva to review the Witkoff-Kushner-Dmitriev plan.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
The White House named the price — 15% of their revenues from such sales — and the companies assented willingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The new law may still face amendments and must be assented to by the president to become law.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2023
“What is easier, you know?” assented Miss Sarah Pocket.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Isaac Mwaura, spokesperson for the current Kenyan government, told the BBC that the authorities were "very co-operative with the protesters and acceded to the demands, including the president not assenting to the finance bill".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024
That’s certainly how the characters feel in the early episodes, quietly assenting to the fate suggested in their bad marriages, puzzling children and unfulfilling jobs.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
That’s because assenting to a religion is not like choosing to be a Republican or a Democrat.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2020
Seven months later, he blamed his financial woes on a nationwide “depression,” refused to admit that the Taj was bankrupt, and then signed a four-page document assenting to bankruptcy proceedings.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2020
There was a fearful rumble of assenting and the room grew quiet.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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