impulse
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In “Kitchen Confidential,” Bourdain describes his decision to head to Provincetown as an impulse motivated less by romantic desire than by general apathy.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The new head coach underscored that it can be easy for impulse and emotion to take over, but uplifting one another and letting mistakes refine you rather than define you is integral to success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
It’s an admirable impulse — and one rooted in a genuine sense of civic duty.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The author also draws on realizations from his own life, such as the time he found himself perversely stifling another man’s generous impulse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Thank you again for all your help. I hope your creative difficulties are over soon. In fact, I believe they will be,” Penelope added on impulse.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
But if you’re honest, you also loved watching the guy dumb enough to buy it fume over the futility of his impulses.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
It’s meant to represent dueling impulses inside of him, he explains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
But it’s also a story about, say, how a creature’s loneliness might make him greedy and petulant, and how sometimes the best solution is to feed someone’s heart as opposed to their impulses.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Ammons reacted uneasily to Bloom’s praise and felt the critic failed to recognize his poetic impulses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
My impulses were not filled with unfailing virtue.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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