oblige

Example Sentences

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Despite the hotel waiving the fee for the team, they said they felt "obliged to reimburse" them to be able to rely on their support in the future.

From BBC

Treasury Department to ask the Federal Reserve to do a rate check, and that the U.S. central bank obliged.

From MarketWatch

Mr. Youngkin’s comment about Mr. Vance more or less obliges him not to vituperate the vice president in the usual way of presidential primaries.

From The Wall Street Journal

The government is not obliged to accept these.

From BBC

European industrials, meanwhile, were no doubt buoyed by the developments in Greenland that suggest governments will be obliged to raise defense spending, hence the popularity of subsectors like aerospace and defense, machinery and electrical equipment.

From MarketWatch