patronize
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But the decline in numbers predates the recent conflict, which begs the question: why are foreign visitors, who've patronised the relaxed budget getaway since the hippie heyday of the 1960s and 1970s, now turning away?
From BBC • May 16, 2026
If she felt she was being patronised, she would say so, and usually very eloquently.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2021
The Archbishop of York has said many people in England feel left behind by "metropolitan elites in London and the South East" and are "patronised as backwardly xenophobic".
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2021
Ramy’s best friend, Steve – played by Steve Way, who has muscular dystrophy – is also a rare disabled character on television who is not patronised or “othered”, but afforded his own narrative.
From The Guardian • Feb. 5, 2021
Bah! you patronised the publicans and sinners yourself in your younger and better days.
From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)
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