ingratiate

This was a way to further ingratiate himself to the man who called him “Johnny.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Her decision to run for Senate did not ingratiate her with Washington’s Democratic leadership.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 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

Her notes outline plans to found an international bank, buy a Swedish castle, and even to ingratiate herself with a British duke.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025

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

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has ingratiated himself with United States President Donald Trump over the past two years.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

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

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

In the course of these walks, Michelson so ingratiated himself to the President that Grant agreed to secure for him a free place at the U.S.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The bright, ingratiating and charismatic Saqib is a servant’s son on the Atars’ country estate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

He made the most of this connection, flying the Welsh flag and ingratiating himself with locals, who fell for the charms of "this lovely man".

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025

Thus far, he seems to have done a terrible job of ingratiating himself to others: Most recently, the office’s top criminal prosecutor resigned rather than follow his allegedly improper orders.

From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2025

“The Monk and the Gun,” a modestly scaled, lightly comic and blithely ingratiating tale set in Bhutan takes place in the recent past, when the country held mock elections.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

She wore neatly pressed clothes and scuffed but carefully polished high heels, read books like Praying Your Way to Prosperity, and was superior with the drivers and ingratiating with the editors.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie