impulse
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It speaks to an impulse to reduce the novels’ mysteries to accessible bromides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
That may be part of what makes sausage-in-dough feel less like a single dish than a recurring culinary impulse.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
But Roberts pushed back on the impulse to draw a line between Ohtani’s recent offensive dip and his side work on the pitching side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
But what happens when those impulse buys become a habit rather than a one-off?
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
My impulse was to badger him not to pay.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
The "stagflationary impulses from weaker foreign demand and higher domestic prices are going to be disproportionately felt by Canada," warned ING chief international economist James Knightley.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Examples can include speaking too loudly in a library or struggling to control impulses, difficulties that can occur with ADHD.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
The book’s hero is an upbeat, morally upright counselor named Ben Frost, who activated the boys’ noblest impulses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Fortunately I had no time for more impulses.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
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