intend
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The agents can exhibit unpredictable behavior or take actions their users did not intend, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
They also intend to measure antibodies against Neu5Gc directly.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
A publicist for the Legally Blonde star said she "did not intend to harm anyone" and there was "much more to this story".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
They have been married for four years, have no children, and do not intend to have any.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
She is said to have replied, “I intend that it shall be very profitable.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Amazon would help fund development of a proposed Indiana nuclear plant using X-Energy reactors and intends to buy its electricity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Over the coming months, the team intends to investigate other ways to introduce beneficial algae into bleached corals without requiring them to remain physically connected to healthy fragments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Former Tottenham and Switzerland defender Ramon Vega has said he intends to run, but it appears unlikely he will get the five letters of support from member associations let alone be a serious contender.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Stella Li, BYD’s executive vice president, said the company intends to dethrone Toyota as the world’s largest automaker by sales and that this can be achieved without selling cars in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The story ran across the country, “Kate Fox Jencken … intends to co-operate with her sister—Margaretta Fox Kane—in her proposed exposé of the fraudulent methods of so-called spiritualism.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Challenged by the BBC over how immigration agents handled both shooting incidents, Bovino rejected suggestions that video evidence undermined his claim that Good and Pretti had intended to harm the agents.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
“This threat is not helpful and is intended to intimidate.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
The mission is intended to reach 5,500 personnel.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
This provided evidence that the omega-3 fatty acids were reaching their intended destination.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
They had not intended to share a room.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
He denies acting dishonestly or intending to make a dishonest gain.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
"We had, really without intending to, created a mouse that produced these classic lesions of Alexander disease," Messing says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
According to the initial findings of investigators, the suspect entered Poland from Germany overnight Wednesday-Thursday, intending to travel on to Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Mr. Riley’s footnote on this malapropism: “Surely Hastert is intending to say ‘algorithms.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Without thinking, Mahmoud climbed up the mast, intending to free the sail and right the hull.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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