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Huang could be beneficial to an intelligence official keen on getting a sense of Trump’s thinking on U.S. strategy as it relates to chips, according to Bresnick.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

He said his father, a keen footballer who spent his life working at the Alcan aluminium factory in Newport, particularly embraced something that was so new to him.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Caution persists regarding potential new waves of volatility in French government bonds, or OATs, “given uncertainties about next protests, budget negotiations and investors not yet keen to add a lot of risk,” they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

But he also possessed technical expertise, editing chops and a keen sense of story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

‘Who is Narik?’ he said, keen to keep the Walker talking so that he could get a closer look.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Dr Caulfield said she was "delighted” to see Róis “proudly performing her keens to full houses, with no shame or stigmatisation involved, just audiences loving her bravery and skill".

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025

Benjamin Wallfisch’s score keens and groans ominously, sometimes dipping into synthy electronic moments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024

Behind the action a stringed instrument keens in a low register and a piano riff trembles in a gentle minor key.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2021

She’s got a beaten-up suitcase at her feet and keens softly into her lap.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2019

“This is the thing my blood keens for—to protect something worth protecting.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

The new startup wants to genetically modify man’s best friend to make them run faster, have a keener sense of smell and avoid common genetic conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Personally, I would be much keener to boast about that one.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

And keener senses tend to make for more consequential experiences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

Dior designer Jonathan Anderson appeared keener than most to take some risks.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

‘Yea,’ he said; ‘for though the Stones be lost, they say, still the lords of Gondor have keener sight than lesser men, and many messages come to them. But sit now!’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Tennis is a sport that rewards our keenest attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The event was hosted by Wendy Cutler, a veteran American trade negotiator and one of Washington’s keenest observers of Asian trade policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Defeat at the Gabba left only the keenest optimists holding on to the faintest hope.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

For our money, Jim is both the funniest and keenest politics writer in the United States—which is to say, readers, your long national nightmare is over!

From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2025

It was said he had the keenest eyes in the Night's Watch.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Amid the nonstop drumbeat of hundreds of feet walking together, bagpipes keened, striking an appropriately dignified tone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

But whether the wind produced a lion’s roar, or merely keened or whistled or hummed, at its peak it was clocked by the National Weather Service at Reagan National Airport at 29 mph.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 29, 2020

Well, the souls howled and keened, as distressed souls are known to do, since they understood that a garden that nobody visited was not worth cultivating.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019

The metal structure keened its mournful note again.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2013

She sniffed, and nodded, and cried and wailed and keened for her husband, who would never come back to her.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

The keening chorus is anchored by Roger Troutman, who enjoyed a series of 1980s hits with sprays of talk-box-warped vocals, while the blasting beat was produced by Dr. Dre, the chief architect of G-funk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Occasionally, Göransson adds a lovely monotone layer of woodwinds or a keening chorus that sounds like the oldest song on Earth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Only a handful of authentic keening songs were recorded from traditional singers, which Róis referenced on the record.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025

Shift to Sport mode and the engine will hold at a high, keening rpm, trying to charge the battery faster than the driver can drain it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025

“Because that’s when Camel gets picked up”—there’s a keening wail from the cot—“and we get the hell out of here.”

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen