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"To be honest, I prefer to win 1-0 than 5-3 but I expected a very difficult game," said Maresca.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

"I think I'd prefer that to one of the others. It might blend in better," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

They are just true for the same reason — and it isn’t the one Disney would prefer people believe.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

If you prefer stability, wait a few weeks for the first update with bug fixes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

This is why sailors, who quite understandably worry more than most other people do about getting lost at sea, prefer to navigate by the stars.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

"I do not want to entrust national pride to the wrong people," said Klopp, who prefers the term "positive patriotism" to "national pride", which he fears can be misunderstood.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Within tech, Wells Fargo said it prefers software to microchips.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

But crude oil continues to find a way out of the Persian Gulf and the U.S. still prefers to pressure Tehran and its enablers through economic measures, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Yet as ever, Swanberg prefers to show the real experience of dating, not its Hollywoodized ideal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

In Farsi, he said, “Forgive me, Madame, but your father prefers the language of Ferdowsi.”

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Their preferred rivers and creeks had gone dry from a record drought.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The lane draft: Athletes contesting the 200m will take part in a lane draft, selecting their preferred semi-final heat and lane in world rankings order.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

And, in a nod to MLB, LA28 organizers scheduled the baseball competition in a preferred window, starting before any competition in gymnastics, swimming and track and field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Electricity costs were rising well before artificial-intelligence data centers became the preferred explanation for higher demand.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

As for the snake-girls, Nhamo would have preferred them to slither off to someone else’s dream.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

For most of this decade, Subaru’s leadership has limited spending on in-house electrification programs, preferring to rely on partners and suppliers—most conspicuously, Toyota, which owns a 20% interest in Subaru Corporation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

If Messi could not be ignored on the pitch, he has never sought the spotlight off it, preferring family time to interviews or news conferences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Mladić struggled to come to terms with her suicide, preferring wild conspiracy theories which blamed the tragedy on everyone but himself.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Mr. Warsh seems particularly hostile to that kind of talk, preferring to let markets guess.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Unlike his mentor, Lawrence would be an academic homebody all his life, preferring to remain in place rather than move on.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik