instinct

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There isn’t anywhere else that one can walk into and immediately satisfy the social instinct among a convivial and refreshingly diverse clientele in what is becoming an increasingly homogenized locality.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

If only they’d heeded their instinct to keep quiet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Joao Paulo Sampaio, head of the club's academy, explains that their work focuses on preserving the instinct at the heart of Brazilian footballers.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Supposedly the ultimate check on power, many became the walking wounded, moving by instinct with a hand on the shoulder of the person ahead of them, like soldiers in the first world war.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

My instinct was to point out to Miss Lacey that this didn’t fit the theme of Shanghai Chic, but I checked myself.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu