inclination
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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
"Growing up, I had no inclination," Christopher said.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
On this week’s Amicus podcast, he explained to Dahlia Lithwick that the inclination to fetishize that which can be justified legally has a way of opening the door to atrocities that cannot be tolerated.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
Kaprice taught her kids to look out for one another, even when their inclination was to squabble.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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