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To keep Uganda economically afloat, Amin has toadied to oil-rich Arab states in return for financial aid; this could explain his fanatical anti-Israeli policy.

From Time Magazine Archive

He toadied to his superiors, fought with his peers, and would never give credit to his juniors when he could claim it for himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Edouard gave Edouard a leg up into the Chamber of Deputies in 1919, and fora time Edouard toadied to Edouard in return.

From Time Magazine Archive

He also accused him of throwing over the fair promises that marked his early career, of advertising for enemies abroad, while at home he toadied to the Court.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland

They all toadied to Linda, ran errands for her, and as Laura Polk tartly said, “performed all the duties of the Roman populace as Linda, as a female C�sar, demanded.”

From Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse by Carr, Annie Roe