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“By that point I was out, out, out. I mean, there was no way I was going to alter my offstage behavior to please anyone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Plane maker Boeing believes there could be a low-tech solution to please everyone: a phone booth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
And please, don’t send me your robot music.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
On the ball there was plenty to please the eye, not to mention the resilience to close a game out – a key criticism of that World Cup campaign.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Yes, Reina, please sing. It is time for you to sing again.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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
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
The man with the strongest arm in a clan gets made the head of it, and does what he pleases.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Christopher Mosby was pleased to find Starlink Wi-Fi available on his United Airlines flight from Chicago to Denver earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Lovett heard of a client who was pleased with the hire of a school teacher.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Smith's attorney also said his client is "pleased that this matter is now behind him and is ready to move forward".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Doctors are pleased with his recovery, and Rod is doing very well and has returned to his normal daily activities,” his representatives shared on Instagram then.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
He looks pleased but also embarrassed, trying for a dismissive shrug as he takes a sip of his coffee.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
When asked what was the most pleasing aspect of a positive night, O'Neill added it was the "overall performance".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
The soft insurance market is pleasing to inflation watchers but less so to shareholders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
I knew now why her face was familiar--its pleasing contemptuous expression had looked out at me from many rotogravure pictures of the sporting life at Asheville and Hot Springs and Palm Beach.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
