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Which she already has, along with all the extracurriculars required to prove she will be an asset to whichever university deigns to accept our tens of thousands of dollars in tuition, housing and fees.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

More than that, he also secured a prized meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a head of government who rarely deigns to trouble himself with mere foreign ministers.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

If the press deigns to show them to us, we’ll see evermore flagrant displays of cognitive decline, and more often.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024

Tristan, when he finally deigns to see her, is already in the shadow of night.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2022

Though Quin Veturius is seventy-seven years old, women blush when he looks them in the eye, and men wince when he deigns to shake their hands.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir