impulses
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We are subject to these impulses when we are looking for something or someone to blame.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
People do not become Olympic gold medalists because they suppress impulses all day long.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
They also reported poorer sleep, a stronger desire for continuous stimulation, and greater difficulty resisting the urge to immediately check their phones or act on impulses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
M is not governed by the usual impulses of the civilian; she has no use for love or hate, desire or abnegation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
In traditional medicine ‘spirits’ did the work in the body that we would attribute to electrical impulses travelling along the nerves; these spirits were, we might say, barely material.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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