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Although the policy was intended to encourage friendly interactions, Coles argues that such requirements can interfere with people's ability to express their emotions naturally.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Future printings, assuming our book sells enough copies to need them, will not face the same timing constraint, and we’re working to get them printed as we intended.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026
The systems that power payments today are built on byzantine rules, fraud protections, federal laws and network and bank fees that aren’t intended for robots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Once the inscription had been made, the clay was fired to create a finished roof tile and was then put to its intended use.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Dana intended to establish a command center there, and from Bryantown launch cavalry patrols through the surrounding countryside, in pursuit of the Lincoln and Seward assassins.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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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
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