be favored

Example Sentences

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Yields on German government bonds fell and ING analysts said they could be favored over U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Ms. Elfreth will be favored in the heavily Democratic district in November.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

They should be favored in eight of their next nine games, and will complete their schedule being favored in 11 of their final 14 games.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2024

DOE’s Office of Science—one of the few research agencies whose budget grew in 2024, albeit by a meager 1.7%—would continue to be favored, receiving a 4.2% increase to $8.6 billion.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 11, 2024

That which the sects of conspirators had regarded as belonging to the domain of the will and capable of being constructed at pleasure, became a simple process which might be favored, sustained and assisted.

From Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Labriola, Antonio