instinct
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This was not a poor performance from Arteta's team but their lack of killer instinct is looking like it could damage their chance for a first league title in 22 years.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
We wanted to really show how that survival instinct, the desperation, is starting to come for everyone.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
My instinct, when something tastes like it hasn’t quite come together, is to look at what’s already there and push it further.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
Hartnett’s instinct is that even though risk sentiment has deteriorated markedly, investors, attuned to recoveries from geopolitically induced selloffs, have been reluctant to dump shares and are still long global stocks.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
One thing I know: that if my instinct be true regarding poor Mrs. Harker’s silences, then there is a terrible difficulty—an unknown danger—in the work before us.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Vocabulary lists containing instinct
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