indulge
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Their price and size mean she and her husband can indulge a little more freely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Chicago Public Library was happy to indulge all three possibilities.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
And you owe it to yourself to indulge at some point this NFL season in the Derwin James experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Away from my job as a BBC TV cameraman, I have always had an interest in wildlife photography, and Strumpshaw is a perfect place to indulge in this passion.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
They do not indulge in abstraction or analysis.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
If there’s a flaw, Mr. Anderson occasionally indulges in excessive adjectives and metaphors, but that takes nothing away from his accomplishment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
As for the so-called Mediterranean diet—which uses the cuisines of countries such as Greece and Italy as exemplars of healthy eating—it too indulges in some mythmaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Loyal, and not someone who briefs against colleagues to journalists or indulges in political games, he has been around the top of the Labour party for three decades.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
German director Ilker Catak's film "Yellow Letters", which is in official competition, also indulges in some location-switching, but for a slightly different reason.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
The idea is so appealing that she briefly indulges in one of those fantasies that momentarily feels real.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
The machine patted me on the head by noting that I had avoided words like profound and tapestry and only once indulged in telling all of you “Here’s the thing.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
We need to restore that belief, before the generation we indulged forgets it forever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Yet Owens eagerly indulged his son’s tale because this kind of thinking is now the primary currency of outrage media.
From Salon ● May 23, 2026
A stable is secured, and the mare, who senses that something strange is going on, is indulged with apples and caresses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
I tell Father I have already indulged in mustard and he frowns, but he doesn’t say anything.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
You’re also indulging in way too much intrigue.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Other senators were less interested in indulging me.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
PSG became the team with the fewest yellow cards in Europe's top leagues as players stopped arguing with referees, stopped indulging in theatrics and embraced a disciplined, unified approach.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Instead of indulging the itch to sell, you engage the inclination to buy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
There was no point in indulging in more terror, more anxiety.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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