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Some were interested in what change these self-willed wolves might wreak upon their old haunts.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2020

Maybe that matters less than the fact that Ms. Fox sees her whole life as playing out under the terms of a self-willed destiny.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2019

Only Monte, a self-willed celibate, initially thwarts her plans.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2019

A subtle stylist and a self-willed Everyman, Murakami is a master of both suspense and sociology, his language a deceptively simple screen with a mystery hidden behind it.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 10, 2019

The labored form of each letter and the irregular space between words was full of the struggle for control over the errant, self-willed pencil.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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