have a tendency
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But those pros have a tendency to stray from their benchmarks—often in the wrong direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“The deer have a tendency to quickly repopulate,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Payrolls do have a tendency to be softer in July, but chief investment officer of Premier Miton Neil Birrell said the US jobs market was weaker "by some distance".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Markets have a tendency to panic and overshoot,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026
They have a tendency to take expressions literally, and this literal interpretation is often incongruous with the standard one and therefore comical.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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