wont
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“The market can do anything,” Richard Russell, the author of the Dow Theory Letters, was wont to remind his readers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
But Takaichi wont just have to balance Japan's interests and its alliance with the US – she'll also have to do that while maintaining the country's crucial trade partnership with China.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
The event was packed and it went on for many hours as his rallies are wont to do.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024
As is his wont, Jackson looked to a song to articulate his thoughts: “I’m a huge Joni Mitchell fan,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024
For it led up on to the mountain to a high hallow where only the kings had been wont to go.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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