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And yet the plan is not working — at least not in the way its architects intended.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The new facilities replaced older toilets and were intended to provide free, accessible toilets for everyone, regardless of gender.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The changes are intended to change player behaviour, rather than be applied as a strict punishment.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Earlier this summer, the judge in the state case indicated that Mangione intended to present a psychiatric defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Angela hoped that some of the contempt on Monique’s face was intended for Bob, not just her.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Spurred on by Berowne, “a man replete with mocks,” they double down on whimsy, dressing up for some reason as Russians to bamboozle their intendeds.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
The online star, who has more than 20m YouTube subscribers, intendeds to sue Paradise for defamation for the "irreparable damages" to his reputation.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2021
The setting is Naples, and old philosopher Don Alfonso bets the boys that their intendeds are fallible.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2014
Her sketch of a sojourn upon the Lioness Range is not tempting: young gentlemen who intend leading brides to the deadly peninsula should hide the book from their fair intendeds.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and desert their chosen intendeds for my sake?'
From Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
