oblige

It was something of an obsession, a harmless one, and we were happy to oblige.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

“Listing agents are also culprits in this pattern, as they want to work with the celebrity and oblige their unrealistic expectations,” he explains.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Whether you need a meal or a mechanic, balloons or even a barber, Hanoi's busy pavements could always oblige.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

"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

“Off you go—in front of me, please. I'm not going to have you stravaiging behind any longer. You’ll oblige me by going on ahead.”

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

The new system obliges third-country nationals - including Britons - who enter the Schengen free travel zone to register biometric information, including facial scans and fingerprints.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

Russia and North Korea signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2024 that obliges either side to provide "military and other assistance" should the other be attacked.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

That’s the plank that says an attack on one is an attack on all and obliges a united response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

Perfidia tells Bob to create a show and he obliges with a spectacle of fireworks and munitions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

Each time he obliges them and kisses his bride tamely on the cheek.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

That’s when England needed someone to bail them out—and Bellingham duly obliged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

He obliged late in the fourth quarter Sunday, forcing a turnover that allowed guard Chris Mañon to breakaway for the tying layup with 28 seconds left.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

In Germany, any company that employs more than 20 people is legally obliged to employ at least one disabled person.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

The U.S. will be obliged to lift all sanctions, though how that occurs remains to be discussed, Baghaei said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

They are even more obliged to serve him loyally, inasmuch as they recognize the need to cancel the suspicious opinion the prince had of them through their deeds.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

The scheme has heavy polluters pay for the greenhouse gases they emit, obliging them to buy allowances that are capped in number, sold in auctions and tradeable.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

“Promoters are keen to expand and capture new market share, often reflected in artist contracts obliging the latter to tour in certain geographies, Europe being one of them,” the Bernstein analysts said.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

When the U.S. abandoned its bases in Greenland, it left the cleanup to Denmark despite the treaty obliging Washington to do it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Cheddar is the classic choice, of course — bright, familiar, endlessly obliging — but there’s a whole constellation of cheeses that melt with equal charisma.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

Indeed, he was a man of some six feet three inches, and his countenance, though reassuring while one knew he was intent on obliging, could seem extremely forbidding viewed in certain other contexts.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro