ingratiate
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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
But while individuals may flatter him and ingratiate themselves, the market doesn’t.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025
Andy looks like a human adult but behaves like an awkward, stammering middle-schooler eager to ingratiate himself with his peers by telling toothless jokes straight out of a Scholastic pun manual.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024
They were just dudes from Aberdeen and they had to ingratiate themselves into the Seattle scene.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Although there were a number of scythes who turned a cold shoulder, even more crowded them, seeking to ingratiate themselves.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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