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According to prosecutors, Rush "fabricated a highly classified program to justify the acquisition of luxury real estate, which he then intended to sell for personal profit."
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
In one case, Hanning used classified information to prepare an analysis for a foreign intelligence worker, the prosecutors said, adding that it wasn’t known whether Hanning’s paper eventually reached its intended recipient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The findings could eventually lead to aroma products made from Hinoki roots for bedrooms and other spaces intended for relaxation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Schmidt has acknowledged that his words and gesture "were inappropriate and capable of causing offence and hurt", adding that the clip was recorded at a private gathering and "not intended for the public".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
They didn’t intend to sell the real painting; they intended to sell fakes.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Spurred on by Berowne, “a man replete with mocks,” they double down on whimsy, dressing up for some reason as Russians to bamboozle their intendeds.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
The online star, who has more than 20m YouTube subscribers, intendeds to sue Paradise for defamation for the "irreparable damages" to his reputation.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2021
The setting is Naples, and old philosopher Don Alfonso bets the boys that their intendeds are fallible.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2014
Her sketch of a sojourn upon the Lioness Range is not tempting: young gentlemen who intend leading brides to the deadly peninsula should hide the book from their fair intendeds.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and desert their chosen intendeds for my sake?'
From Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens