instinct
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The party’s own account of Zhu’s life carried the same instinct for control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"But no one knows for sure what will happen or not. You just rely on your intuition and survival instinct," the 34-year-old said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
"We are expected to just to carry on," he says, describing the instinct to go "straight back to work and school".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The algorithm didn’t exist when I was shopping for studded belts in Spring Valley — it was a baser instinct thing, something my brain had an immediate and raw reaction to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Aru raised the lightning bolt, but a ripple of instinct held her hand.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
But this is one of those areas where our investing instincts can work against us.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
As somebody with roots in musical theater, did you have to curtail some of those instincts that you might’ve had to be a little more expressive?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Not for the first time, her instincts proved right.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
His collaging instincts are still present, but here his visions are laced with a mystery that draws us in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
And Mother, who obeyed all her instincts and scrambled up the barrel to save them.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing instinct
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