tended

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"Certainly in my country folks at the moment have a lot less money to go overseas. For the last three-four years they've tended to take more holidays at home," he says.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

While coastal states like Florida have tended to face the worst of price hikes, inland areas have also seen costs rise in recent years following hail storms, wind damage and other disasters.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The results showed that people who tended to overeat because food looked or smelled appealing were more likely to see long term benefits from the drugs.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

As these forms of faith came down to the present day, they tended to ignore the strain of religions that are mostly nonproselytizing—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto and tribal indigenous traditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

She tended to care about different things than everybody else.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness