acquiesce

I’d rather be called a prude than acquiesce to society’s slow drift into vice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Sometimes, it’s easier to say “no” to a request than to resist someone pulling at your heartstrings to acquiesce to their wishes.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026

"You will be the same person that will castigate us if we acquiesce to accepting Venezuelan prisoners into Nigeria," he added.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

He can adhere to the letter of the judge’s order and acquiesce in potentially laying the groundwork to dismiss the case at an irremediable point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

They are deceiv’d that acquiesce to things which they have heard, and believe not what they have seen.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The officer quickly acquiesces and tells the staffer to “close the door.”

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026

“Their relationship is interesting, because the second that Olivia is around her big sister in person, she actually acquiesces to her,” Olagundoye says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024

Then he acquiesces: "The main aim is to try to make a superhero film in Hollywood."

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2023

When Haider acquiesces to his dad’s expectations — he finds a job, and his wife is forced out of hers — the entire home’s stability comes tumbling down.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

Thus artificial rivers, lakes, and rock scenery can only be great by deception, and the mind acquiesces in the fraud after it is detected, but in works of Art every trick ought to be avoided.

From Garden-Craft Old and New by John D. Sedding

Moscow acquiesced to the Chinese yuan to be the primary currency for a planned regional-development bank covering Central Asia, known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Development Bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

He made a case to your grandmother to reduce your inheritance to 10% from one-third and she acquiesced.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

The Motion Picture Association and the U.S. ambassador to Canada had pressed the country to change the policy, and the government acquiesced late Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

Grohl also had an ideal music-taste mentor in her father, who told his eldest all about Björk and acquiesced to playing Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” on repeat.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Reluctantly, he acquiesced; the test showed that he suffered from elevated levels of serum creatinine with a value way above 1.4, the highest parameter in the normal range.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Big banks have already been acquiescing to Musk’s unusual demands, including paying up front for Grok subscriptions, thus juicing SpaceX’s flagging A.I. revenue.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

But I don’t think you would not feel right about acquiescing to her wishes.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

Google is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit and is alleged to “knowingly acquiescing in, failing to remedy, and materially assisting the unauthorized access” into Ritter’s accounts despite being provided notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

And pushed back again when the team insisted and said where to do it, saying: "I'll tell you when we're going to swap" before eventually acquiescing.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

By acquiescing in an act that can cause such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished as a human being?

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson