acquiesce

Though he’s been asked to try to neutralize his accent in English, he’s not eager to acquiesce.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

You are correct: You will get pulled under financially, spiritually and emotionally if you continue to acquiesce to his demands or play host to his decades-long pity parties.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026

Amodei said on Thursday he would rather stop working with the Pentagon than acquiesce to such threats.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

The social compact that endured since that trauma was that Iranians would acquiesce to hardship and restrictions in return for a strong state that protects them from foreign attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

Ma avoided my gaze, but I could see that she was reluctant to acquiesce to Auntie Matchmaker.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

So the girl acquiesces and, in the next episode, we watch the dentist go to work on Evans’ mouth.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

He will hope the new leader acquiesces to his plea to be allowed to remain in the job until next May.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026

My son acquiesces to her to avoid arguments.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022

There’s plenty of evidence that not everyone acquiesces to its numbness, from the intentional agitation of the band 100 gecs to the incisive investigations of the sensual by novelists like Garth Greenwell and Bryan Washington.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021

The Union required some sacrifices, not only of material price,—as when a man pays just taxes, or acquiesces in a fiscal system which he considers unjust,—but sacrifices sometimes even of moral sentiment.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring

He made a case to your grandmother to reduce your inheritance to 10% from one-third and she acquiesced.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

The Motion Picture Association and the U.S. ambassador to Canada had pressed the country to change the policy, and the government acquiesced late Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

It has just acquiesced to the status quo until it can decide.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

Leadership acquiesced, putting a near-total pause on humanities Ph.D. applications this fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

“Well, that ought to be reason enough,” he acquiesced.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

You could forgive sellers who end up acquiescing and agreeing to the “old” rates, in the hope that they ultimately get a higher price for their home.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

Big banks have already been acquiescing to Musk’s unusual demands, including paying up front for Grok subscriptions, thus juicing SpaceX’s flagging A.I. revenue.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

Although Red Bull had already decided to ditch Perez, he was reluctant to leave and his management sought the best possible compensation agreement before acquiescing.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024

Sewell said he felt Andrew’s self-image was “dependent on the other party acquiescing to the idea that he is the prince.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

By acquiescing in an act that can cause such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished as a human being?

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson