intend
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Now, Parker dared Gorsuch to take his “property,” announcing, “I intend to fight.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Gallup data show that the share of 18- to 34-year-olds who don’t intend to buy a home in the near future roughly doubled to 30% over the past decade.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
This is the attitude I intend to take with me to the bar today.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
With questions swirling around whether the stay is permanent, reports have noted the couple intend to keep their existing homes in California and Portugal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
In 1878, he started Chicago’s first black newspaper, the Conservator, and called blacks to action: “We are no longer slaves. We intend to act the part of free men.”
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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“She is confident in her case and intends to pursue it fully.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
A coalition of religious and interfaith groups led by Washington-based Indian American Muslim Council intends to protest Saturday’s event and has a van with video monitors plying Manhattan streets denouncing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ashley also used his letter to ask Burnham how the prime minister intends to revive Harvey Nichols, which has faced financial challenges in recent years.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
According to Bloomberg, Anthropic intends to surpass the record $86.2 billion that Elon Musk's SpaceX raised in its June IPO.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
At any rate, that’s what he intends to do, but before he knows what’s happened, Mouschi has jumped over him and gone to sit under the desk.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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Kim also said the fence was not intended to remain indefinitely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Further context: Their coming stablecoin effort is intended to focus on commercial clients, the Journal reported, though use cases could vary by region and include retail markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The changes come ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December, which the military authorities say are intended to return the country to civilian rule.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
John Plassard, analyst at Cite Gestion Private Bank, told AFP the Dutch move was intended "for there to be more immediate availability in the event of a crisis."
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“I liked it,” muttered Clara, louder than she intended.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Recently, I went to the grocery store intending, more or less, to buy ingredients for spaghetti with a weeknight Bolognese.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Wiener campaign described it as “the world’s first AI trained to say no to anything you ask,” intending to highlight her record on housing, transit, and other issues.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
We’ve tried a downsizing-surge approach, intending to spend days in the storage room, say, to make major headway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
McColgan was always intending to give herself every chance of making it to the start line in Glasgow, and every chance of competing in front of a home crowd.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
“I think she was intending to steal your pipe,” she said.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
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