interests
Example Sentences
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Here was this woman who liked her job, or at least the store where she worked, and liked making things, and had found a wonderfully weird way to combine those interests.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Cicely Muldoon, a former superintendent of Yosemite, said the swap would set a dangerous precedent by signaling that protected natural spaces can be bartered away to private interests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Consequently, and in the interests of wider public interest and safety, I've come to the conclusion that the circumstances under which that decision was made have now changed considerably.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Washington said Fijian national Zhao used his public position to pay bribes aimed at advancing Chinese government, business and criminal interests.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
What the press—and seemingly everyone else—failed to understand was that it was Bobby’s shrewdness in protecting his financial interests, rather than temper tantrums or neuroses, that was making him hesitate.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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