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

The Trojans should be favored in four of their final five games, the lone exception being a trip to Eugene in late November.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

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

From New York Times • May 14, 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

Grand Detour was to be favored with a speaker from Dixon,—"a reg'lar major from the war, gents, an' none o' yer m'lish fellers!" an enthusiastic old man with a crutch persisted in announcing.

From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Thwaites, Reuben Gold