instinct

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There isn’t anywhere else that one can walk into and immediately satisfy the social instinct among a convivial and refreshingly diverse clientele in what is becoming an increasingly homogenized locality.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

If only they’d heeded their instinct to keep quiet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Often, the instinct is to just begin: grab a garbage bag, empty the freezer, start wiping baseboards, briefly consider alphabetizing your spices.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Those are the moments you write down and burn into your memory, because when they come around again - and they always do in Test rugby - you want the instinct to be automatic.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Maybe it was the old instinct, the one Clara had drilled into her, and one on which they could absolutely agree.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny