bent on
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The regular crowd shots of the waiting room too often reduce the afflicted into a zombie-like horde bent on making life more difficult for our beloved medical staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
He survived waves of social change in Iran and multiple American administrations bent on undermining his rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
"The future belongs to those who innovate, and Israel and India are bent on innovation," Netanyahu said on Thursday, standing next to Modi.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
There are no human characters in “Badlands,” only expendable mechanical representatives of a megacorporation bent on bringing the known universe to heel.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2025
Sometimes they took the shapes of humans, and sometimes of snakes or fish or, if they were bent on evil, crocodiles.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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