tendency
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England explained his exile on grounds of conditioning, on a tendency to lose pace or hobble out of matches altogether.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 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
In law and social science, we call this impact a chilling effect – the behavioral tendency for people in face of a threat to self-censor and restrain their activities for self-protection.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Fleming reads unconventional in every way, from his manic and meta delivery to his glam-rock crushed-velvet bodysuit to a rubbery tendency to leap around the stage, no limb left behind.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
It was one of those laws of children, like their tendency to be least grateful when you were trying your hardest to please them.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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