The word oblige has appeared in 39 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Feb. 26 in “What Layoffs? Many Employers Are Eager to Hang On to Workers” by Sydney Ember and Ben Casselman:
During the height of the pandemic, hungry and housebound customers clamored for Home Run Inn Pizza’s frozen thin-crust pies. The company did everything to oblige.
It kept its machines chugging during lunch breaks and brought on temporary workers to ensure it could produce pizzas at the suddenly breakneck pace.
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