accustomed
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In his Easter address, the pontiff said without mentioning any countries directly that people were growing accustomed to violence and indifferent to thousands of deaths.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
The phenomenon is striking even in a country accustomed to larger-than-life public figures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Graham was accustomed to preaching in peculiar settings, including several trips he made behind the Iron Curtain at the height of the Cold War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
“They are accustomed to flexibility, immediacy, and platform ubiquity. By those standards, the Masters has often appeared restrained, even stubbornly so.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
I might have commented on the beauty of the sight had I not become accustomed to reading Farmer’s face.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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