Mass change email address script works, but...

I've built a custom endpoint to search for users with our old company email address and set those addresses to the new email address. The script works fine (on Stage).

Is there a way to *not* send a verification email to the users? I really don't want 300 users to get an email about their email address being changed, because it's just confusing to them. Ignorance, in this case, is bliss.

 --- added --- oops. It appears there's no way to set the verified status to true from the RESTAPI? If I don't send the email, then I have to manually verify all 300 users?

??? and thanks,

Tad