oblige
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It was something of an obsession, a harmless one, and we were happy to oblige.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The offer is voluntary, but Frasers noted that it held a significant number of options on Hugo Boss shares that would put its stake above 30 percent and oblige it to make a buyout offer.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
“Listing agents are also culprits in this pattern, as they want to work with the celebrity and oblige their unrealistic expectations,” he explains.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Members of the general public ask for them, including for their children, and doctors happily oblige, says Mir.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
I very quickly shut the window, and oblige when she tells me that today is not a computer day, and that I am to come down for breakfast.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
The DSA obliges entities labeled as VLOPs to do more to protect users from illegal and harmful content.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
Mr. Youngkin’s comment about Mr. Vance more or less obliges him not to vituperate the vice president in the usual way of presidential primaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
The law also obliges the mayor -- or any other applicants -- to compile various financial documents and carry out reforms within six months or face a two-year prison sentence.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
Known as the mandatory reimbursement requirement it obliges banks to refund most victims of push payment fraud - when victims are tricked and manipulated into transferring money to criminals themselves.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
The vendor dipping apples on sticks into dark, sticky caramel obliges him, drizzling it over the top.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
AFC members would not be obliged to vote against the proposals.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
That would give those with no support the opportunity to withdraw, though they are not obliged to.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
On Wednesday, regulators were obliged to enforce the circuit breaker, suspending all trading temporarily, for the second consecutive day and the tenth time this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Salvadoran referee Iván Barton immediately pointed to the spot and Oyarzabal stepped up and obliged, beating French keeper Mike Maignan into the side netting at the right post for his fifth goal of the tournament.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Jack kicked Samson lightly to speed up, and the horse obliged, fairly bursting out of the village and up the path leading out of town as the last bit of sunlight faded away completely.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
The scheme has heavy polluters pay for the greenhouse gases they emit, obliging them to buy allowances that are capped in number, sold in auctions and tradeable.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Promoters are keen to expand and capture new market share, often reflected in artist contracts obliging the latter to tour in certain geographies, Europe being one of them,” the Bernstein analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
When the U.S. abandoned its bases in Greenland, it left the cleanup to Denmark despite the treaty obliging Washington to do it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
It turns out clafoutis is a natural shape-shifter — easy to make, nearly impossible to ruin and endlessly obliging.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2025
“You were obliging the W. C. T. U. then, I reckon.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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