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[keen] / kin /




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The 46-year-old won the Club World Cup and Conference League during his time at Stamford Bridge but left in January and is keen to take the City job.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Ireland is keen not to alienate big tech, which lines its coffers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

That included “Dumbo” — South Korea’s In Gee Chun — who got that nickname years ago because of her exceptionally keen hearing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Western investors keen to make a buck in Russia's chaotic and fast-growing economy would gather to strike deals and hobnob with the Russian elite in the early years of Putin's rule.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

All the vanguard members of the revolutionary generation developed a keen sense of their historical significance even while they were still making the history on which their reputations would rest.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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