attention
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He was the center of attention and chose his party’s nominees in key contests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Trump turned his full attention to the election in September at the Republican Party's midterm convention.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Pies at 3Fourteen, for his part, believes there are other issues aside from seasonality that warrant investors’ attention — chief among them whether the tech sector takes a slowdown of the AI buildout in stride.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
“She paid attention to us, and the mayor didn’t,” Galindo said Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
He knew a heart attack would get my attention, play on my heart strings.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
His attentions are solely on France's World Cup opener with Senegal on 16 June in New Jersey, with further Group I matches against Iraq and Erling Haaland's Norway to follow.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Perhaps a bigger question – do MPs actually want to focus their attentions on something else?
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Later he fastens his attentions on an unthreatening neighbor and his daughter, who has a crush on Frank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Instead of courting major movie roles, the actor has instead focused his attentions on more independent projects while also building a family with Song, whom he met in 2014.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
Mandrake-growers have been known to seize the leaves of one of their prize plants only to find a bloody mangled mess below owing to the attentions of a Dugbog.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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