deliberate
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“It is clear to me that his approach was deliberate, calculated and aggressive, which is deeply alarming,” Carpenter wrote in the request.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
“I think it was a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize accurate reporting,” Alfonsi told the New York Times of her firing.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
Woodburn was yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-on with 22 minutes left as the hosts upped the pressure and Olly Cracknell forced his way over for the Tigers.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
He recognized that his Readymades—neither pictures nor sculptures nor merely found objects—demanded deliberate staging to differentiate themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
He walked away without another word, as slow and deliberate as he’d been before.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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