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In response to the walkout, he said: "If there are any other moral cowards who haven't left the hall, please do so now."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“People started dropping their really heavy medical conditions at my feet, going, ‘Oh my God, please, somebody, can you help me?’
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
It’s an idea that simply to get through the day we are playing a role of sorts, tuning our conversations to please others, or presenting exaggerated, false or tidied-up versions of ourselves on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Everyone please give them a hand,” the MC said, as Japanese liquor was passed around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The soldier hurried to lift the gate, his demeanor that of a dog who had just been beaten, trying to please the master who had beaten it.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Some AI initiatives may take longer to manifest in a way that pleases investors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 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
Julia would in theory be free to marry whom she pleases, but she’s her father’s daughter: Worldly success means as much to her as it does to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
It's sure to be a finale that pleases some fans and has others wanting more.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
“If it pleases you, my dear, my life.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
Sir Sean's children said their father was "immensely proud" of his Scottish roots and he would be pleased they were deepening their relationship with Edinburgh.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
"I couldn't be more pleased," says Schraf-Fletcher, who turned to Leigh Casadaban, MD, MS, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, for the treatment.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Though Farvardin is pleased with the recognition and that the outside world has caught up with his school’s focus on post-graduate success, he acknowledges that the rankings can be “fickle.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Potential, excitement and progress are three words I associate with the club and I'm pleased to commit my future.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
I noted that Calvin and Sid looked enormously pleased with themselves, a look I’d worn on more than one occasion when I won a sim test.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
It is pleasing in its simplicity, but it also comes with lots of risk, especially if reality doesn’t line up with your calculations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Herbert and the starting offense, though, made sure they left something pleasing on film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
When Ritchson isn’t barreling through that summertime face-punching tour, he fronts pleasing if unchallenging straight-to-streaming romps like “Playdate” and “War Machine.”
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Each scenario asks players to pick one action from three choices on the screen, with each potentially upsetting or pleasing the different factions.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“How very pleasing and proper of him!” cried the good-hearted Mrs. John Knightley.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
