please

You can’t please all the people all the time.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

"I don't care for wealth. I just want my son back. If any of you could rescue my son, please do it for me," she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

If the answer depends on how the beneficiaries are designated or on state law, could you please explain?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

She sang an adapted version of her hit Jolene, singing: "Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, I'm begging of you, please don't hesitate."

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

“Put your cereal bowl in the dishwasher, and please call me Lou Ann,” Mrs. Adler says.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

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

But Mr. Trump may find he’s now liberated Mr. Cassidy, who can vote as he pleases this year without fear of further retribution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

The success many of the actors have found thanks to “The Secret Agent” very much pleases the filmmakers, but it also has a major downside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

It's sure to be a finale that pleases some fans and has others wanting more.

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

And on top of that, she’s pregnant again, which pleases her because it gives her an excuse to get fat and grow another chin.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

They are pleased with how the first steps have gone in real-life surgery and are working on a larger trial.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

“We are pleased that Oswaldo Pirela has been released on bond and reunited with his family,” the Padres statement said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The company said it is pleased to have found a resolution that enables the partnership’s continuation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

He also added that he was pleased with the drastic reduction in illegal border crossings.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

Joey is only sixteen, but she’s pleased with the life that stretches before her—a road that many women have traveled before.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

Professional engineers have said Nakagawa's products can be aesthetically pleasing and thought-provoking, but that his system is not practical.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Bran Black, chief executive of the Business Council of Australia says it was pleasing that the government is prioritizing the development of AI policy, while establishing an AI Office in Canberra.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

No feature in the scene was extraordinary, but all was pleasing.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë