partial to
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There are lots of exercises for sharpening proprioception, but the surfing doctor is partial to bodies of water.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 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
In another joint paper on “the illusion of validity,” that legendary duo posited that 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
The controversial 44-year-old is himself partial to a white Royals Royce and has a fleet of personalised luxury cars, some of which he has also started giving away as he gets in newer models.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
“But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
