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gravitate

[grav-i-teyt] / ˈgræv ɪˌteɪt /


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I think free agents gravitate toward that in general.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

It also may offer a glimpse of where the U.S. might be headed if investors continue to increasingly gravitate toward these leveraged products, said Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading.

From MarketWatch Aug. 30, 2026

The group could gravitate to another part of the room to “trade cards, sign autographs, talk a little shop,” and Freeman would somehow end up back at the Pop-A-Shot.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Most viewers who gravitate to this “Hollywood Crime Story” installment will know something of American film history.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

My parents, Garrett, and I gravitate outside as well, all of us standing, strangely, looking to one another for some kind of guidance, or at least validation that this is actually happening.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

But she still fears people "make assumptions" based on her accent so at networking events she gravitates towards others with a Welsh accent.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Frick gravitates toward books about people “who thought their life was going to follow a certain script, and then something shifts and the script changes,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

They are the kinds of stocks Warren Buffett External link gravitates toward.

From Barron's Feb. 2, 2026

The actor, who hails from Merseyside, England, often gravitates to characters with a sense of grit, even in bigger blockbusters like “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” and “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2025

Winston, at normal times the kind of person who gravitates to the outer edge of any kind of scrimmage, shoved, butted, squirmed his way forward into the heart of the crowd.

From "1984" by George Orwell

He also emphasized that Target had “much more work to do” to win back consumers, who have gravitated to rivals that have been able to offer deeper discounts.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Instead, I gravitated toward a pile of thin-necked yellow summer squash.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

And yet she began as a professional violist, and gravitated to singing professionally only in her late 20s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Aside from options, the retail cohort has also gravitated toward another product with embedded leverage: Leveraged exchange-traded funds.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

Looking back now, I think I gravitated toward David because, like me, he was different.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

It’s a private school in one of the snowiest cities in the country at a moment when students are gravitating toward public institutions in the Sunbelt.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Meanwhile, masked flower bearers started to appear, gravitating towards the scene of the incident and laying vibrant bouquets at the base of what has now been dubbed the Justice Tree.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

“Women are gravitating to the style because it provides a more tailored look while remaining casual and comfortable. They also pair well with the more relaxed, wide-leg pants and jeans that are popular.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

For years, I’ve found myself gravitating towards stories about neighborhood restaurants, family businesses, local farmers, and food traditions — not because they’re quaint or nostalgic, but because they’re windows into something larger.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

But if his first fourteen years hadn’t been rooted in a healthy diet of education and the richness of his heritage, Malcolm wouldn’t have found himself gravitating to the prison libraries after he was incarcerated.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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