ingratiate
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“If you’re gonna ingratiate yourself into the community, the first steps are the biggest ones, so having someone reluctantly sell to you is not the way to go,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
This was a way to further ingratiate himself to the man who called him “Johnny.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Ellison has spent months actively seeking to ingratiate himself with the Trump administration.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Her decision to run for Senate did not ingratiate her with Washington’s Democratic leadership.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
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
A 2022 Times investigation detailed how Bloom ingratiated himself with regulars at the Frolic Room bar and residents of the Villa Carlotta apartment complex in Hollywood by projecting an aura of wealth and status.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Ferrety and clean-shaven, Zanjani never served in the military, but he ingratiated himself with the Revolutionary Guard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Oil companies have ingratiated themselves to investors since the pandemic by doing the exact opposite: ruling out expensive investments in new drilling in favor of spending that money on bigger dividends.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
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
To begin with, there’s its ingratiating style, leisurely but leavened with wit and chutzpah, as well as Fiedler’s pervasive disdain for the sentimental and ersatz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
In person he’s ingratiating, charming, eager to please.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2024
Review: The musical adaptation retains its ingratiating charms, our critic writes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
“Did you not use enough of your concealment techniques, even after ingratiating yourself with Chandresh to control the venue?”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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