kind of

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What kind of person, then, thinks they will run for a promotion as substantial as governor of California and keep these secrets contained?

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

"I wouldn't say I striped it today, but at least I kind of kept the ball in front of me, and that's what you're trying to do on this golf course," Hovland said.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

He’s the kind of character who usually makes it to the big finale.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Showtime’s “Twin Peaks: The Return,” which aired 18 episodes in 2017, was the most maximalist farewell imaginable, the kind of enormous canvas on which Lynch had always hoped to compose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

I followed her down gleaming corridors in a kind of happy dream.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom