aversion
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This aversion to excess is coupled with gratitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Describing the corporation as "inward looking", he also criticised the organisation for this leading to "an aversion to risk".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
And that’s even before you factor in any rise in actual risk aversion caused by a financial crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Broadly speaking, risk aversion in the C-suite isn’t at the top of the list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Never once in their dialogues did I hear a syllable of regret at the hospitality they had extended to me, or of suspicion of, or aversion to, myself.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Widespread health- and Ozempic-driven aversions to carbohydrates, changing consumer tastes and concern over rising prices have led to beer volume declines for big brewers including Heineken, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors and Constellation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Sensory aversions to specific smells, tastes, textures, temperatures, or appearances of foods.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2025
Pregnancy is often a time for food aversions and exhaustion, but for Keatley the opposite has been true.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2023
"I really regret the rice isn't consumed due to safety rumours, but I also understand it's hard to completely refute aversions."
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2023
They say around here that bellies stir up certain cravings or aversions.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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