penchant
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Daisy, whose backstory includes, in the first episode, a brief glimpse of Elisabeth Moss’ June, certainly upsets things, most often by reacting to Gilead’s penchant for public atrocities the way a non-sociopath outsider would.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Their penchant for self-destruction has clearly been part of their preamble this time around.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
An unsigned Wall Street Journal column now attributed to Dow weighed customs data, coal prices and rail earnings against stock pickers’ penchant for euphoria.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
A Brazilian man with a penchant for sporting records breaks a new one after tackling the most boring physical challenge he could dream up: running on a treadmill for 24 hours.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
“Do they have a penchant for the work?”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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