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tending



ADJECTIVE
giving attention to
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Close-quarters scenes of Grogu tending to a wounded Mando demanded a surgical level of control from Scott and his fellow puppeteers to pull out the emotions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Car companies will often offer incentives to help their trade-in customers offset negative equity, with some brands tending to offer more because their cars depreciate faster.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Fifty years ago, Rick Monday was minding his own business, tending to center field for the Chicago Cubs in a game at Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

Until now, there have been no specific legal penalties for entering a football match without a ticket, with supporters that are caught doing so tending to be ejected without any further punishment.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

He concentrated, instead, on studying barnacles, writing papers on geology, dissecting sea animals, and tending to his family.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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