instinct

“He often acted on instinct,” Mr. McKie writes, “the instinct being whatever the next thing was.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

"I could see the smoke, I could see the flash. We just all started running. That was our first instinct," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

My first instinct was to go the baked-macaroni-and-cheese route: lightly toast some panko, scatter it over the cabbage, then return the whole thing to the oven.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

“You can see how a kid drives in the rain, how much instinct is there…You can see, at high speed, how much courage and car control a 10-year-old has.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

My first instinct was to grab Elliot and run, but there was something about that camera that felt weirdly familiar, so I paused.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

GC: This is where I developed my initial instincts and ideas about the medium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

"I feel like I have good instincts on what works and what doesn't and what I like and what I don't like," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

It’s how Mizrahi instincts run through the whole country, including Israelis with no Mizrahi grandparents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Stealing the spotlight in his latest movie, ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,’ the quintessential indie actor reflects on a career spent following his instincts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

His mind swirls back over the day, over Ms. Dale’s ideas about instincts and flight, and the way that Ms. Dale tells Daniel and him about their world.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers