obliged
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Lynch, the former star running back for the Seattle Seahawks and Oakland Raiders, obliged by getting hailed on by a bucket of ice.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
In Germany, any company that employs more than 20 people is legally obliged to employ at least one disabled person.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
As a consequence, as these stocks have continued their breathtaking rallies, portfolio rules have obliged managers to trim their positions.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
A new pope’s first encyclical is always news, and Pope Leo XIV obliged on Monday with a nearly 43,000-word effort warning about artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
In listening, I sobbed convulsively; for I could repress what I endured no longer; I was obliged to yield, and I was shaken from head to foot with acute distress.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing obliged
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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