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There is ample evidence to believe Ossoff’s rebuffs that he might prefer his home in Atlanta to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

He said he invited Haines to discuss the award on the air but she declined, saying she would prefer a private conversation off the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

I prefer mine on the less-sweet side, but both the honey and pepper are easy to adjust depending on your fruit and your taste.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

And if people prefer a congenial bot over messy human relationships, they can lose social skills, become isolated, or even spiral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

I prefer the old Dad, before he lost his job, back when he just ignored the rest of us.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

The Navy has 11 carriers and prefers to keep two or three carrier strike groups deployed or ready to go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The world of “Lanterns” prefers to be bracingly honest about our false assumptions about heroism and whether the people we deem to be noble really are.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

The billionaire has since repeated that he is keeping the option of striking Tehran on the table, but prefers to stress the economic damage inflicted on the country through economic sanctions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

He is right footed, although he prefers to play on the left wing, but can also play on the right or through the middle.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Because now comes the one part of Greek Easter he prefers to egg hunts and jelly beans: the egg-cracking game.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

JD Sports cut its fiscal 2027 guidance for adjusted pretax profit—the company’s preferred metric, which strips out exceptional and other one-off items—due to underlying sales trends and a promotional backdrop in the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Rep. Byron Donalds, the president’s preferred nominee for governor, did win his primary, but with less than 50 percent of the vote.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

American Airlines spent much of the past decade phasing out seatback screens from its Boeing 737s and Airbus A320-family jets, arguing that most travellers preferred to stream entertainment on their own devices.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Why are these products preferred over American brands?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Although Olga was almost the same age as Bobby, she treated him in a motherly way—for example, by preparing the foods she knew he preferred.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Short-only funds like hers had been falling out of vogue, with investors instead preferring long-short funds or the fast-growing multi-managers that run sprawling portfolios and tightly manage risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

"The major problem is predation," Perkins said, adding that curlews were "very vulnerable to disturbance" as birds preferring wide open spaces.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

It even objected to the Vatican's decision to have priests face the congregation when holding Mass, preferring the medieval practice of facing the altar, with their backs to the congregants.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

“We were surprised to find ourselves preferring Helga Monson. Remember her name. It will soon be a famous one,” Vérots wrote in French.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

As the days went on, she became less anxious about Mr. Marsden’s state of mind, much preferring his coolness to the rosebud smiles and little pats she had endured before her illness.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson