ingratiate

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He appeared to ingratiate himself into royal circles too, becoming a director of Pitch@Palace in 2016, and being appointed to the board of a royal charity, St George's House.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Instead, he’s taken a different route to ingratiate himself to the watchful eyes of voters, pulling practical jokes and fascinating hijinks similar to his Instagram livestream at different premieres.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

For some reason, he thought that was a friendly way to ingratiate himself to this African American man.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

They were just dudes from Aberdeen and they had to ingratiate themselves into the Seattle scene.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

To be sure, the Ptolemies did commission massive new temples in the ancient style, largely to help the Macedonian rulers ingratiate themselves with their native subjects.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro