1
as in to accommodate
to do a service or favor for
I would appreciate it greatly if you could oblige me by bringing a dessert to the party
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2
as in to compel
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
I know you're in a hurry, but you can't oblige me to drive any faster than the speed limit
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Recent Examples of oblige
Heyman obliged, partly because the PTSD from being destroyed by the Bloodline.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
This obliges Ester to seek employment as a seasonal laborer, making deals with shady Calabrian farmers to earn a few extra bucks.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
But when Joshua frets over what people are saying about him online and about showing his face at sponsor events, Sonny finally feels obliged to speak up.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 26 June 2025
Clark the Cub obliged and threw the ball back to Kamara.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
This obliges Ester to seek employment as a seasonal laborer, making deals with shady Calabrian farmers to earn a few extra bucks.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
But when Joshua frets over what people are saying about him online and about showing his face at sponsor events, Sonny finally feels obliged to speak up.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 26 June 2025
Clark the Cub obliged and threw the ball back to Kamara.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblige
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Instead, this bamboo foldable drying rack neatly folds out and can accommodate a full load of clothes.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Its Bowery store is its largest at 3,000 square feet, accommodating about 45 people inside and 20 people outside.—
Gary Stern,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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This fosters a competitive market where vendors are compelled to innovate on value, not by locking customers into their ecosystem.—
Rajat Bhargava,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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American filmmakers are mostly hostile to the technology, citing intellectual property theft, strained labor relations, and the environmental impact of data farms — while Chinese creatives have been compelled to embrace the speed and ease of AI for innovation.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
18 July 2025
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Moreover, some legal experts have said that the release of the grand jury testimony may be a misdirect to appease the public and distract from the other evidence in the case.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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In trying to appease both sides, the government of Italy imposed a five-euro (almost $6) tax last year to tourists traveling into the city in an attempt to mitigate tourism at the UNESCO World Heritage Site.—
Emily Steinberger,
Fortune,
20 July 2025
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Witnesses testified about whether the original detective and prosecutor in his case had coerced them into testifying against Bell at his 1995 trial.—
The Marshall Project,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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The school board responded that the materials did no more than expose the children to new ideas, and that in any case nobody was being coerced.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
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The sheriff’s office said 2,200 people from multiple agencies have been deployed to assist in the recovery efforts.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
20 July 2025
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In a double win for Warners — which is assisting Apple in marketing and distributing the Formula One action-drama — F1 zoomed past $460 million at the worldwide box office over the weekend after finishing Sunday with a domestic total of $153.6 million domestically and $307.2 million overseas.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
20 July 2025
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These high taxes explain why Tesla was forced to set its prices so high in India, despite the country’s preference for EVs at much lower price ranges.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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These design modifications force drivers to drive slower and pay more attention to their environments, increasing the balance between vehicles and pedestrians.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
15 July 2025
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Mark was disappointed, but the poster defended himself, saying he’s helped before and didn’t want to be taken for granted.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
27 July 2025
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John Day editor-in-chief Richard Walsh and the celebrated writer Pearl S. Buck already had an author in mind for the book: twelve years earlier, Walsh and Buck had helped Chinese writer Lin Yutang to move to the United States, after Shanghai got too risky for the anticommunist liberal.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
26 July 2025
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Legal experts warn that compliance may violate the Fair Housing Act and that landlords are not legally obligated to respond without judicial oversight.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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However, a driver is not legally obligated to submit to a field sobriety test, pre-arrest test or cheek swab at a DUI checkpoint, according to the Law Offices of Grech and Parker in Riverside. Field sobriety tests are subjective and may not accurately measure sobriety, according to Bee archives.—
Sarah Linn
July 11,
Sacbee.com,
11 July 2025
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