oblige

Example Sentences

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If all parents are legally obliged to keep their kids off social media, the coordination problem is solved.

From The Wall Street Journal

I asked them to tell me more about their work, and they were only too happy to oblige.

From Literature

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

"Because Italian citizens were also affected by the fire disaster in Crans-Montana, the Italian judiciary is obliged to open criminal proceedings," the justice ministry in Bern told AFP.

From Barron's

If Landbridge is obliged to give up the lease, "then we have an obligation to take measures to protect the Chinese company's interest -- that is our position," ambassador Xiao Qian told Australian media on Wednesday.

From Barron's