humoring
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The tail-wagging golden retrievers and teens humoring their parents cleared out of the way.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Well, there’s nothing wrong with spending an evening humoring rich people in New York.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023
As I have grown older, I have come to realize he wasn’t being humored by me as much as he was humoring me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
Over the time I’ve interviewed Franco A., senior defense officials have gone from humoring my queries about extremist networks to publicly sounding the alarm.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2020
“What happened?” he asked, in the placating tone used for a child, as if humoring his wife’s madness would make it go away quickly.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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