tendency
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Technical issues with his second serve, and a tendency to play passively against the very best, also let him down.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“And in the absence of a definite statement from Iran there is a tendency to downplay comments from the U.S. administration.”
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Yet Sinner has only to reach back as far as this year’s Australian Open or last October’s Shanghai Masters for recent examples of his tendency to melt when temperatures spike.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
And students, teachers, universities and cultural institutions can resist the tendency to self-censor and conform.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Nearly everyone in town raised a few chickens, but turkeys were less common, being bigger and having a more pronounced tendency toward meanness, except of course for Travis’s birds.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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