whim

Mary Timby was fed up with dating apps when she booked a trip to Ireland on a whim last summer - from the comfort of her Colorado couch.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The first time Samantha R. went to Burning Man, it was on a whim.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

CoreWeave has often been at the whim of investors’ shifting sentiment on the artificial-intelligence trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Have you noticed that even though your every whim can be satisfied with the tap of a screen, you feel unsatisfied quite a lot of the time?

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Festering together in the debris of a realtor’s whim.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

By comparison, meeting with elected elites, whose fleeting power depends on the whims of the populace, reminds him all too much of his own limitations.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Staying on as an investor in a public company means being subject to the whims of the stock market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Naomi was accustomed to Lisa-Kaindé’s whims long before they became professional artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

It’s just the latest sign that the launch of a whole ecosystem of ETFs has done little to buttress bitcoin against the whims of mercurial investors.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

If we can turn it on and off, on whims, it isn’t likely that our genes are providing the detailed instructions.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas