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Campos-Duffy also weighed in, praising Pratt’s debate performance while adding, “I’m very partial to politicians coming out of reality television.”

From Salon • May 18, 2026

I am partial to “Making It,” but “Ex-Friends,” published in 1999, may have the stronger claim to being the quintessential Podhoretz book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Despite his Gen Z status, he notably lacks the “smartphone face” that’s rampant among pop artists and celebrities — and is partial to dressing in an anachronistic way, which he pulls off with gusto.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

An apparent similarity between two unrelated events, a parchment-paper test, makes us partial to seemingly endless, overconfident prophesies of disaster.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

I was partial to the general store, but I liked to walk by the livery stable too.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson




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