pandering
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Lacy doesn’t come off as someone overly concerned with doing big numbers, or pandering to a newfound pop audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
If anything, our previous Eurovision entries played it too safe, pandering to a cliché of polished electro-pop.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
“The experience of being Arab and Muslim has been to be the object of hate by one party and the subject of pandering by another. Both of them are alienating,” he said.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026
It’s not just that the humor often feels too topical or reliant on pop culture, but that the culture it’s relying on is pandering to younger audiences.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
We’d been taught that worrying about inmates’ concerns was tantamount to pandering, that it almost demeaned an officer.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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