whim
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"We find ourselves, somehow, at the whim of people whose intentions we don't really understand," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
On a whim, I tapped it, and the results were so good they helped inform that conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
I decided on a whim to drive 18 miles across town to the Santa Monica Farmers Market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Institutional judgment becomes meaningless when operational directives can be rewritten on a whim overnight.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
With no navigational charts, I turn the wheel on impulse and whim.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
They’re expressions of his whims, and as such they’re totally ineffective.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
If you bet money on whims and hunches, you’ll pull it right back out based on gut feelings, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It’s just the latest sign that the launch of a whole ecosystem of ETFs has done little to buttress bitcoin against the whims of mercurial investors.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
This makes it sensitive to the whims of the sector.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
There was nothing of charity in it and she did not step lightly around his heart or indulge his sorrow or his whims.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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