oblige
Example Sentences
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"It was not an alliance that was designed for one of the allies to go on a war of choice and then oblige everybody else to follow," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Galleries are also closing and downsizing, and films that don’t oblige the content farm aren’t solicited as readily as influencer-helmed or easily digestible projects that can be played as background noise for scrolling.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Thankfully, the world is too sane to oblige.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
They rode to work in Rolls-Royces and adhered to a Protestant ethic of noblesse oblige.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Farmer listened to their requests for an additional community health worker in their area, and I was sure he would find a way to oblige them.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
