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He wandered the aisles of grocery stores marveling at the goods on sale—even if his family, which arrived with $400, couldn’t often indulge his newfound obsession with Coca-Cola.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

For the Amicus bonus episode, Dahlia and Mark reunite to indulge Amicus listeners’ biggest questions, like who really writes Supreme Court opinions?

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

“It’s fun to be a protagonist who gets to indulge in human weakness, knowing that we hopefully will bring the audience back around to caring about you.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Simply put, this is the time to indulge in a summer cobbler, slurp on a delicious cooked sesame noodle salad, or whip up an easy garden-fresh pasta.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

My mother was once engaged to Leonard Cohen, which makes my siblings and I occasionally indulge in what-if thinking.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

"If a party worker indulges in hate speech or a hate crime, the ruling party may not sanction prosecution. Under this law, the government cannot intervene," the official said.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

Mr. Guadagnino also indulges a couple of speeches about young people’s alleged hypersensitivity that veer into trite middle-aged lament and aren’t really relevant to the action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

On the 12-track album, which dropped Friday to mixed critical reception, Swift is uncharacteristically risqué and, for possibly the first time, indulges her inner theater kid without reservation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

Riot hops up onto the kitchen counter and Ellen indulges him with a solid behind-the-ear scratch.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

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

He told Mexican news site Milenio, external that the survivor "even asked for hydration drinks of specific flavours he likes", adding that "of course we indulged him".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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

They didn’t lecture, but rather indulged every question we asked, no matter how juvenile.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Even indulging the fiction that the addendum is a contract, contracts require parties, consideration, and terms that hold still.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

You’re also indulging in way too much intrigue.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary embarks on a series of extramarital affairs after indulging in romantic fiction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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

Her mother had hinted again, only that morning, that Aurelia was indulging in too much idleness and daydreaming.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks