to try and win favor by flattering someone or trying to please them (perhaps even giving a gift).
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An antiques dealer that has recently exhausted their savings covering the debt of an uncle is offered the backing of a wealthy patron, if they ingratiate themselves with a noted academic. The antiques dealer agrees, but in the process attracts the attention of a shoggoth with an unsavoury
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Goldberg: Some Leftists Are
Boycotting This Film. Everyone Should Watch It (gift)
NYT: tinyurl.com/bd75ea79
Review: “…an Uncomfortable Existential Howl…Lapid’s scathing tone and accelerated rhythms lead this movie about a married couple who ingratiate themselves with the country’s power elite.”
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“If one good thing comes out of” the “cynical and foolishly unobservant” way Keir Starmer has tried to ingratiate himself with Trump, “it would be that the ridiculous expression ‘special relationship’ is dead and buried forever.” —Geoffrey Wheatcroft
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