instinct
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"But no one knows for sure what will happen or not. You just rely on your intuition and survival instinct," the 34-year-old said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
When a release lever on his sofa broke, Miller’s first instinct was to check Amazon.com for a spare part.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"We are expected to just to carry on," he says, describing the instinct to go "straight back to work and school".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Protecting ourselves from that humiliation is a very human instinct, and that’s what a lot of our jokes are about.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Maybe that’s why he wanted us gone so quickly, before we lost the will and instinct to keep moving altogether.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Whatever lawmakers’ first, unsatisfactory instincts, they eventually will have to do their jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
It was not as though the open air of a farmers market was going to cure my base shopping instincts.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
After entering the music industry as teenagers, the British girl band say they grew to trust their own instincts during six months making their new record.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
His longing for homecoming and the care of his mother seem like recognizably human instincts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The scene fascinated Laura Keene and stimulated her theatrical instincts.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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