inclination
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Your inclination toward dreaming, and how easily you are consumed by it, is your heart’s way of creating not just a gorgeous life for yourself, but a more rose-tinted world for everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
By all reports, he certainly reinforced the president’s inclination to join Israel in attacking Iran this past February.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
His perceived inclination to stem market panic earned a moniker, the “Greenspan put”—as if the Fed itself was a put option that insured investors against losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Shadows of Spielberg’s filmography loom large over “Disclosure Day”: the inclination to revisit and fictionalize childhood from “The Fabelmans,” the tests of empathy in “A.I. Artificial Intelligence,” and, of course, all the aliens.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
But great as the pressure was, he felt no inclination now to yield to it.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
"Larijani is a true insider, a canny operator, familiar with how the system operates and familiar with the supreme leader's inclinations."
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
A lot is riding on the economic-policy inclinations of the victors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
The parents at home didn’t share their children’s political inclinations.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025
And I think that activists should go where their inclinations and their talents lead them.
From Salon ● May 27, 2025
She knows full well what it’s like to tamp down your natural inclinations, to force a smile when you feel numb.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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