inclination
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Both authors serve their readers well by resisting any inclination to hagiography, all the more impressive in Mr. Streitfeld’s case given his closeness to his subject.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Still, he didn’t return to face his accusers, and the UAE appeared to have little inclination to extradite him, said Ahmad Hadi, 48, a physician who is Ashaal’s brother-in-law.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
While the natural inclination is to draw comparisons to the 1970s – the Yom Kippur war of 1973 and the Iranian revolution of 1979 – the strategists say they don’t quite fit.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
Those aged in their 20s and 30s tended to pay primarily on their phone, with less need or inclination to carry cash.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
His inclination was to leave this alone, too.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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