ingratiate

Ellison has spent months actively seeking to ingratiate himself with the Trump administration.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

Ross, meanwhile, is trying to ingratiate himself with and improve the local community by funding scholarships for hundreds of local public high-school students to attend a nearby community college.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Sir Keir, like Emmanuel Macron before him, had sought to ingratiate himself with the wildly unpredictable American president, convinced that was the pragmatic course of action.

From BBC ● Feb. 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

The Steward was the superior, but the Butler had more opportunities to ingratiate himself with the Scholars, and made full use of them.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

El Dorado is controlled by a gangster known only by his first name, Fabio, a Pablo Escobar-type character who has ingratiated himself with locals through acts of charity.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

A 2022 Times investigation detailed how Bloom ingratiated himself with regulars at the Frolic Room bar and residents of the Villa Carlotta apartment complex in Hollywood by projecting an aura of wealth and status.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

In a series of maneuvers fit for a John le Carré story, Mercader slowly ingratiated himself into the Trotsky household.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Barry Keoghan sported a similarly spangled jacket over a mesh tank top, looking not too different than his “Saltburn” character did when he ingratiated himself with the nobility.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

I reasoned that if I somehow kept improving my English and ingratiated Mrs. Smith by the fact, then possibly she would give me more books like Treasure Island each time Granny took me along.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

To investigators in the U.K., what’s glaring instead is that his ingratiating friends leaked privileged financial information to the former banker that he might have parlayed into insider-trading gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

The theory, perhaps, is that ingratiating themselves to the locals during this week's tune-ups might soften the vitriol which comes their way over the weekend.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

In person he’s ingratiating, charming, eager to please.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2024

Review: The musical adaptation retains its ingratiating charms, our critic writes.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

On the surface, he was one of those pale, ingratiating kind of men who tiptoed through life on small, quick feet.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier