pandering
Example Sentences
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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
When someone photographs a drink she made, it’s pride, not pandering.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
First, good on Mazzulla to straight-up treat the kid as the reporter he clearly is, and answer the question directly, without pandering or turning it into some sort of saccharine after-school special.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
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
