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Countries seeking cooperation with China are supplicants and, under a best-case scenario, will be forced to make concessions first, after which Beijing might finally deign to engage.
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Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2021
While the majority of revelers waited in a long line to be served by an overworked bartender, some deigned to wander closer to a stage where a succession of readers tried to provide entertainment that never quite landed.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
Only the unflappable and bulletproof Robert Downey Jr. deigned to mention the changes to the makeup of the people who voted on the awards.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
Magnifico squirrels away the wishes in his castle, only deigning to grant one occasionally.
—EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023
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Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2021
While the majority of revelers waited in a long line to be served by an overworked bartender, some deigned to wander closer to a stage where a succession of readers tried to provide entertainment that never quite landed.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
Only the unflappable and bulletproof Robert Downey Jr. deigned to mention the changes to the makeup of the people who voted on the awards.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
Magnifico squirrels away the wishes in his castle, only deigning to grant one occasionally.
—EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023
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