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[tend] / tɛnd /




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Clubs tend to rotate in this competition anyway, so the games still go ahead even if league games are postponed.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

Utilities tend to be conservative, but more of them might be willing to prepay for Centrus’s future capacity as it makes progress on manufacturing, said Lawson Winder, equity analyst at BofA Global Research.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Do you tend to hop from one relationship to another, or is liking someone this much really rare for you?

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

Adam Parker and his team at Trivariate Research looked at thousands of sharp drawdowns over a quarter century to glean clues about when quickly dropping stocks tend to keep falling.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Somebody told me that Bram Guernsey was in the Green Berets, though I tend to think this is untrue.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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