oblige
Example Sentences
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"Content farms and internet trolls are happy to oblige them."
From Barron's • May 18, 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
They rode to work in Rolls-Royces and adhered to a Protestant ethic of noblesse oblige.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Before the end of the year, Pham hopes to rationalize conflicting rules that now oblige traders to put up more collateral than needed to secure margin loans.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
Whatever the cause, the strain he was under meant that he continued to show a readiness to oblige; more, that he felt a need to oblige.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing oblige
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Essential English Vocabulary, List 1
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