curry favor

Example Sentences

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But some Senators, hoping to curry favor, may start to echo the President’s short-term opportunism.

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That could curry favor with the 46% of consumers in the U.S.,

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He curried favor in Abu Dhabi by backing a local tech incubator and building personal ties to the royals via a circle of well-connected friends on the city’s luxurious Saadiyat island.

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Foreign leaders have long used presidential visits to curry favor with the man in the Oval Office.

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Some business lobbyists said that donating to the Trust for the National Mall was a good way to curry favor with the administration without giving to an explicitly political committee.

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