oblige

They seemed happy to oblige, apparently assured that they’d be cut in on whatever deal the U.S. had in mind.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

It was something of an obsession, a harmless one, and we were happy to oblige.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 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

If you’re looking for something downbeat, of course, “Groundswell” can oblige.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

They sailed in ships, walked on pontoon bridges, and stepped across frozen puddles without ever experiencing anything that seemed to oblige them to rethink their theories.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

That law obliges companies classed as EU gatekeepers—like Google—to make it easier for rivals to compete with their widely popular services from search engines to app stores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

After competitions, Gu is the one every media outlet wants to speak to, and she gracefully and politely obliges as she slowly shuffles through the mixed zone.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

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

The potentially landmark decision was centred on European Union law which obliges companies to obtain users' consent to create lucrative personalised advertising from their data.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

A furious look dances in her eyes, but she obliges.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

In defense of Liu, OpenAI said Apple staff reached out to him after he left, asking for help to locate files they still needed and that he obliged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Moreover, Bessent now has a commitment that he may feel obliged to fulfil if markets test his resolve.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

That would give those with no support the opportunity to withdraw -- though they are not obliged.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

From March 2027, cryptocurrency platforms located in dozens of countries outside the UK will be obliged to share information about their customers with tax authorities.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Thus every scientist is subject to two competing and conflicting imperatives: they are obliged to be both competitive and cooperative.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Latin America's biggest economy has in recent months sought to boost protections for children online, obliging platforms to link the accounts of users under age 16 to their parents' accounts and verify user age.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 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 Rana’s curiosity leads her far from home, she must call on her memory of her mother’s stories and, with the help of an obliging polar bear, find her own way back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Cheddar is the classic choice, of course — bright, familiar, endlessly obliging — but there’s a whole constellation of cheeses that melt with equal charisma.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

The Keeper had found me an obliging old colonel of the Buffs, something of an amateur historian himself, who had read the relevant pages of my typescript and faxed through his suggestions.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan