pander

The whole affair was tawdry, shabby, and cheap—designed to pander to downwardly mobile young men who felt angry at the world.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

Conversely, “Forbidden Fruits” speaks intimately to the female experience and “doesn’t attempt to pander to any other demographic.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

But the jury is out on whether Warsh will "pander to the president" if persistent inflation called for higher rates, he added.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

They acted like owners, obsessed over cash flow and didn’t pander to Wall Street’s whims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

“He is a smuggler and a slaver, half pirate and half pander, but it may be that he is your best hope,” the innkeep had told them.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

“Skilled comedians craft material that brings the audience to them, while AI panders to the masses,” said John Poveromo, host of the “Dystopia Tonight” podcast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Critics also say the shoey panders too much to stereotypes which don't reflect modern Australia.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2023

But Ford is made of tougher stuff; except for a few aw-shucks grins, he never panders.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

The characters were developed in a way that honors audiences rather than panders to them.

From The Verge ● Nov. 19, 2021

Justinian confirmed that measure and ordered that all panders were to be exiled on pain of death.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Havelock Ellis

We don’t need to be pandered to with short-form content depicting people four times our age using our slang incorrectly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

You’re not being pandered to, however; the payoff is a lovely echo.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

She said she wasn't aware of media criticism of the show as "woke" and and thought a headline saying it "pandered to woke culture" was "cute".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025

He pandered to the public to get elected, and was ignored by the press until he won.

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2022

All the Jeffersonian chants about human equality were delusions that pandered to mankind’s urge to believe an impossible dream.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Lacy doesn’t come off as someone overly concerned with doing big numbers, or pandering to a newfound pop audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

“The experience of being Arab and Muslim has been to be the object of hate by one party and the subject of pandering by another. Both of them are alienating,” he said.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026

She'd grown weary of pandering to pop tropes of the "strong, independent female"; and wanted to present a "more honest and vulnerable" version of herself.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

Despite the horror vacui and digital pandering, the objects brought together here by lead curator Rosina Buckland describe multiple facets of samurai culture with breadth and brilliance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

Ricky considered Luke for another second before glancing back to Doreen, a pandering smile on his face.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss