tendencies
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But if the Go-Backer is misused, it threatens to tear reality apart, and hot on their heels is a Thing, who has evolved into a terrifying monster with Gollum-like tendencies, obsessed with the Go-Backer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
"For translocated crocodiles, it's important there is careful release planning to manage their tendencies to return home."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
But for Kusama, art wasn’t a path chosen for fame and fortune; art was a sublimation and a salve for her compulsive tendencies and psychotic episodes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"For me, I know that my avoidant tendencies are toxic and it would be unfair for me to date someone right now," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The prayers were to the point, directing the attention of the Almighty to certain weaknesses and undivine tendencies I know to be mine and could only suppose were shared by others gathered there.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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