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Chicago went 7-4 in one-score games last year, and teams that lean on that kind of good fortune tend to regress the following season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
International guests tend to stay longer and immerse themselves more than domestic visitors, said the resort’s general manager, Ken Luo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
These traits describe relatively stable patterns in how people tend to think, feel, and behave.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
The amount of money involved is typically more than a down payment for a house, and you tend to spend it at exactly the same time you stop getting a regular paycheck for work.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Insofar as “art comes from art,” its history is directed by the force of its own traditions, which tend to resist the pressure of external events or circumstances.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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