pandered

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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

This is despite a lack of films featuring Latinos, which I think speaks to another overlooked fact: Latinos don’t need to be pandered to.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023

His outlets pandered to their audiences’ secret cruelties and validated their worst instincts.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2023

At times, Bennett struggled with recording companies for the right to sing the music he loved, but he refused to compromise by singing “cheap songs” that pandered to the latest musical fad.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Everywhere, school administrators pandered and panicked, rushing to show they were highly sensitive to parents’ fears, even if they were oblivious to the needs and problems of many of their students.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz