inclination
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By all reports, he certainly reinforced the president’s inclination to join Israel in attacking Iran this past February.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Besides appealing to what Disraeli’s later acolytes saw as the people’s inclination to a natural order, it reached around preoccupations with transforming institutions to tap into a deeper conservatism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Van Hecke has a year left on his current Brighton contract and showed no inclination to extend the deal.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
I call the inclination to stay close to home “amusement park syndrome,” because people will drive long distances to go on roller-coasters but refuse to drive to another city to see a superior physician.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
If you want to get more out of life, Ron, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
She is, the argument goes, a poet for the moms and the mushy-hearted, for readers with no formalist inclinations, for those more interested in enjoyment than enjambment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
"Larijani is a true insider, a canny operator, familiar with how the system operates and familiar with the supreme leader's inclinations."
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Spotify Wrapped bares our souls and provides us the opportunity to see ourselves deconstructed via our musical inclinations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025
The parents at home didn’t share their children’s political inclinations.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025
I had one very practical reason never to work in the daytime, aside from my inclinations.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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