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Some people feel the positive effects after just a few minutes; others prefer to do it for as long as 15.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Healthy mice instinctively prefer darker environments and avoid brightly illuminated spaces.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

The long story short is that we haven’t traveled very far thematically since Thomas Jefferson said that timid men prefer despotism — although that was around 250 years ago.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Mr. Hara and Ms. Kobayashi prefer depicting to judging, leaving the latter, should we wish to engage, to us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Chord symbols also may be used even when an accompaniment is written out, so that performers can read either the chord symbol or the notated music, as they prefer.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Figure out what is affecting her performance and ask her how she prefers to receive feedback.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

Barcola is right footed but prefers to play on the left wing and his likely arrival creates further doubt around Cody Gakpo's future at Anfield.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

At 1 1/8 miles, the race was shorter than Gold Phoenix prefers, and he had to beat a field that included another Del Mar specialist, Formidable Man.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

She prefers the term “memoir” for this creation and assures readers she is a reliable narrator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

“He's great, but you should ask him good questions. And it's probably better if you talk to him outside, too. He prefers to be outdoors.”

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

“There would be like skateboarding demos, there would be cool stuff going on, but my sister was just with all the grown-ups, and she preferred it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Victor Munoz: Made his first Liverpool start and it was down his preferred left flank.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Alongside South32’s FY results, management reiterated that copper and zinc are the preferred growth commodities, while the near-term focus for manganese is safe and stable operations, Macquarie says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

On Wednesday, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge clocked in at 3.7 percent, down 0.4 percentage points from May, when it hit a three-year high.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Their discussion continued, covering whether whale sharks lived in that part of the world, and whether they swam close to shore or preferred the open sea.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Unlike other relatives of the missing, Prajval does not plan to travel to the region at this stage, preferring to "stay contactable".

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

Mr. Warsh seems particularly hostile to that kind of talk, preferring to let markets guess.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

In his younger days Bailey was less interested in parliamentary process, preferring direct action.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon's fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practised there.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

He moved to Europe not long after high school, preferring the more casual lifestyle he found there.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom