oblige
Example Sentences
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Sane, an energy company executive, says he was happy to oblige.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 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
One fan even made a bit of history when he tossed a $20 bill onstage, which was enough for Simon to gamely oblige his request to play a verse of “Kodachrome.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025
He asked Leo to drill a few extra holes in the bottom of the hull with his power tools, and Leo was happy to oblige.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing oblige
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