sense
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He had the swagger, the looks and the tailor-made dress sense.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Whatever sense of invulnerability America may have had as the world’s only superpower was shattered, and it precipitated massive changes in the way we lived, traveled and perceived ourselves.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
“He had an innate sense of positioning and really relied on that sense,” said Scioscia, who never saw Pride make an error in parts of three seasons with the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
What were the aspects of her caregiving that provided a sense of meaningful connection, and what were the parts she found confining?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
He didn’t have the sense to try another way out.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Each transistor also senses a second target molecule, OC 12.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Derek Holt, chief economist at Scotiabank, says he senses there is a “center within the committee that hasn’t quite bought the need to move.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
They can detect coming danger like earthquakes or floods because their senses deliver facts: a sound, a smell, the change of the wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But I dug how Cretton gooses our spidey senses with dramatic sound effects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Illusions can fool any of the senses, not just sight,” says Dylan, grinning.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
But when organizers went quiet after the 2026 installment came to a close in June, fans sensed something was amiss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
From whispers of an Anthropic stake sale to strange options moves, traders sensed trouble and swung into action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
I froze and wondered if he sensed my fight-or-flight response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
He sensed, long before we could prove it, that very high doses given into a vein would behave quite differently from ordinary supplements.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I can track anything once I have its scent, and I know your grandmother’s scent by heart. However, if she were anywhere in these kingdoms, either east or west, I would have sensed it already.”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
There are no lyrics to bungle or judgments about pitch, just the sensation of instantly getting on the same page with dozens of strangers and sensing the powerful community in that moment.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Talk of “plant sentience,” he argues, confounds sensing with sentience, which is generally taken to be synonymous with consciousness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
About 15 minutes later, after sensing that it is running low on spray – water for today's purposes – the aircraft lands itself for a manual refill and demonstration battery swap.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Prosthe6 works by targeting ON bipolar cells, retinal neurons that normally receive information from the photoreceptors, the cells responsible for sensing light.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
I start up, sensing a presence at my door.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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