lean
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Reopening Hormuz gives markets a “credible reason” to lean more positively in the near term, Green told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
After Pam Bondi’s ouster, the administration will likely lean even more heavily on lawyers such as Robert Keenan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Like Pennsylvania, it’s effectively two states in one: densely populated, with highly-educated urban and suburban regions alongside vast rural areas that lean heavily conservative.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
I was lucky to get to lean on the mothers on set and ask them questions like, “How does this feel when you’re breastfeeding? What is colic actually like? What are your hormones?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
He’d lowered his voice enough that I had to lean in to hear him, enough to make it obvious that this was an important secret.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing lean
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