harbored

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Hitler harbored a particular hatred for the former czarist capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

This confirms fears that Iran has harbored for weeks or months.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Grace had harbored ambitions of succeeding her husband but was sidelined by Mnangagwa's supporters.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

Mar Vista parent Angelica Mistro, whose children have long attended Freedom Surf Camps, said that earlier this year she briefly harbored “those doubts” about the safety of the ocean after the fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

Now surely, since Africa harbors 1,500 languages today, it is big enough to have harbored more than four ancestral languages thousands of years ago.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond