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A candidate presented as the choice of three great powers would have to win the consent of the states he was not chosen to please.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

And if this sounds like too much, please remember that the full cornucopia is entirely optional.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

I’m used to it, but please don’t dictate a response to this column on your next flight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Rees-Zammit posted the photo with the caption: "Can we please stop playing on these Astroturf pitches!! Someone do something about it!!"

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

I ate some of it just to please her, then I fell into bed and slept for three hours and dreamed that I was back in the cave with the wolves.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Although the unit is available for guests to rent, the actor is undoubtedly also welcome to reside at the pad whenever he pleases.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

This isn’t just teenage dramatics: Elephant seals don’t hunt or eat as they molt, so he’s hungry and tired and will sleep wherever he damn pleases.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Beach this week provided the additional detail on those deals, which pleases Macquarie, even though it retains an underperform call on the Australian company’s stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

But a little later, Laura asks to stay with this good Samaritan rather than go with the EMTs, an arrangement that clearly pleases Betty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

They do not understand, consequendy, what so pleases the television audience listening to a movie star discuss his divorce with bogus private language.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Another ad, featuring a young couple pleased with improved public transit under a Raman administration, has 400,000 views.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The company also pleased Wall Street with an early look at what’s expected for next year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

He said he has been pleased with his bike, a never-ridden 2022 model he picked up at a substantial discount, though he is puzzled by what he sees as LiveWire’s failure to publicize its products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

We showed our resilience and score a couple of good tries and to fight back, reset and go again was what pleased me the most.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

And Father’s face would light up with a kind of pleased surprise as it always did on those rare occasions when he thought about the business side of watchmaking.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"For us to have come through this series in the manner we have done, the way we've gone about our cricket, and gone about things has been really pleasing."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

It might also support the whole pleasing vibe producers seem to be going for with this hosting choice.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Herbert and the starting offense, though, made sure they left something pleasing on film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The soft insurance market is pleasing to inflation watchers but less so to shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

He survived there for thirty-eight years and it would be pleasing to report that he passed this span in happiness and adulation.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson