whim
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Mary Timby was fed up with dating apps when she booked a trip to Ireland on a whim last summer - from the comfort of her Colorado couch.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The first time Samantha R. went to Burning Man, it was on a whim.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
CoreWeave has often been at the whim of investors’ shifting sentiment on the artificial-intelligence trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Have you noticed that even though your every whim can be satisfied with the tap of a screen, you feel unsatisfied quite a lot of the time?
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Festering together in the debris of a realtor’s whim.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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By comparison, meeting with elected elites, whose fleeting power depends on the whims of the populace, reminds him all too much of his own limitations.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Staying on as an investor in a public company means being subject to the whims of the stock market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Naomi was accustomed to Lisa-Kaindé’s whims long before they became professional artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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
If we can turn it on and off, on whims, it isn’t likely that our genes are providing the detailed instructions.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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