{"id":19211,"date":"2025-07-11T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19211"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T10:41:19","slug":"words-seldom-seen-pander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19211","title":{"rendered":"Words Seldom Seen: Pander"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/070913A2-5E8C-4F85-85BD-87D32E7E9EF8_1_105_c.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"476\" data-attachment-id=\"19210\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=19210\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/070913A2-5E8C-4F85-85BD-87D32E7E9EF8_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=1074%2C730&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1074,730\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1726586493&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00038402457757296&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"070913A2-5E8C-4F85-85BD-87D32E7E9EF8_1_105_c\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/070913A2-5E8C-4F85-85BD-87D32E7E9EF8_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=700%2C476&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/070913A2-5E8C-4F85-85BD-87D32E7E9EF8_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=700%2C476&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19210\" style=\"width:508px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/070913A2-5E8C-4F85-85BD-87D32E7E9EF8_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=1024%2C696&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/070913A2-5E8C-4F85-85BD-87D32E7E9EF8_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/070913A2-5E8C-4F85-85BD-87D32E7E9EF8_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=768%2C522&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/070913A2-5E8C-4F85-85BD-87D32E7E9EF8_1_105_c.jpeg?w=1074&amp;ssl=1 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pander<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verb: To do or provide, or promise to provide, exactly what a person or group wants, especially when it is not acceptable or reasonable, usually in order to gain an advantage, like votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Example: &#8220;The candidates pandered to the service employees by saying that if they were elected they would stop taxing wages.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The photo is of a bridge in Mosier, Oregon that was built in the McCullough style. 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