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But I'd prefer to take the long way round just so I know if anything was to happen, there were people there.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

“We’d prefer them not to be selling about $50 billion of Treasurys every time they intervene for little, if any, results,” said Eric Wallerstein, chief macro strategist at Clocktower Group.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

"The sediment is home to 'gourmet' bacteria that apparently prefer fresh carbon stemming from, for example, more recent algal remains over the 'old' carbon from permafrost deposits," explains Gesine Mollenhauer.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

I generally prefer, as a strategic matter, an elevation of shared values—inclusive, connective, moral language such as reclaiming, rather than reinventing or discarding.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

A guitar44 player, given a piece written in A flat for keyboard, will often prefer to play it in A or G, since the fingerings for chords in those keys are easier.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Much like Vought, he prefers to stay out of the limelight.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Despite these breakthroughs, Tsimerman still prefers to work through ideas like a human.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Industrials are a chunk of the high-quality compounders Almeida prefers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Frozen puff pastry is wonderfully forgiving, provided you remember that butter prefers to stay cool.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Sometimes Adah comes, although she generally prefers her own company to anyone else’s.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

On its website, the company lists Tencel, recycled cotton and dead-stock fabrics as some of its preferred materials to meet its sustainability standards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

A preferred scenario for Credit Agricole would be a merger between its Italian business and BPM, Credit Agricole Chief Financial Officer Clotilde L’Angevin said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Mr. Moral says Hitchcock’s family preferred Taylor’s work, and that Hitchcock “met Spoto and didn’t like him.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Although former Manchester City defender John Stones and Como's Jacobo Ramon were also known to be under consideration, it always felt as though the 6ft 4in Palace defender was Chelsea's preferred target.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Instinctively, she settled herself at the same library table she had preferred in years gone by.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

And he said he did not have any conversations with Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris about preferring to be traded to the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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

“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

But one important reason for preferring high tariff rates remains underappreciated: their role in the overall system of taxation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

But there was only endless talk that led nowhere and I began to keep away from home as much as possible, preferring the simplicity of the streets to the worried, futile talk at home.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright