Question

Write your own definition of oblige based on at least two examples of the word in advertisements, news articles, or other uses in print or online.

Answer 1

Examples
- Advertisement (hotel/restaurant): “If you need extra pillows, our staff will gladly oblige.” — use in ads offering to do a favor for a customer.
- News article (legal reporting): “The court obliged the company to pay damages to the affected customers.” — use in news to mean that someone was required or compelled to do something.

Definition (my own)
Oblige (verb):
1) To do someone a favor or comply with a request — to accommodate or fulfill what is asked (often used as “oblige someone by doing something” or “will oblige”).
2) To require or compel someone to do something, especially by law, duty, or circumstance (often used in passive form: “be obliged to do something”).

Notes and synonyms
- Sense 1 synonyms: accommodate, oblige, comply, gratify. Example: “The concierge obliged by arranging a late checkout.”
- Sense 2 synonyms: compel, force, require, bind. Example: “Companies are obliged to disclose financial risks.”