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oblige

[uh-blahyj] / əˈblaɪdʒ /




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Sane, an energy company executive, says he was happy to oblige.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

It does oblige platforms to remove the material they can prove to be foreign influence - a process that often takes too long in an online environment where videos can go viral within hours.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

The platform urged the Australian authorities to oblige app stores to check users' ages as an "additional safeguard" for the world-first crackdown.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

They rode to work in Rolls-Royces and adhered to a Protestant ethic of noblesse oblige.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The remedy was, to thrust them forward into the centre of the schoolroom, and oblige them to stand there till the sermon was finished.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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