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oblige

[uh-blahyj] / əˈblaɪdʒ /




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"Content farms and internet trolls are happy to oblige them."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Members of the general public ask for them, including for their children, and doctors happily oblige, says Mir.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 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

It seemed everywhere they went, someone asked Cruz to relive his arrest, and he would oblige, describing cold nights in detention with nothing to keep warm but a plastic blanket.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Venus turns out not to oblige our predispositions.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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