impulse
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Misty, we come to understand, has similar anger management and impulse control issues as her brother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Can you talk about that impulse to make it look medical, and all the obfuscation that comes along with it, and how this attempted execution really blew that up?
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Kennard said growing up in a quiet town had an impact on his "creative impulse".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The landscape was bleak even before Macbeth heard the fateful prophecy and embarked on his murderous adventure—Ms. Proske’s production suggests that the impulse toward tyranny never ends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
On a sudden impulse Nat said, “It suits me fine. Today is Commencement Day at Harvard. I’ve always intended to go.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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The "stagflationary impulses from weaker foreign demand and higher domestic prices are going to be disproportionately felt by Canada," warned ING chief international economist James Knightley.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
M is not governed by the usual impulses of the civilian; she has no use for love or hate, desire or abnegation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Examples can include speaking too loudly in a library or struggling to control impulses, difficulties that can occur with ADHD.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
But even if the country’s worst impulses still bubbled up, U.S. midfielder Tyler Adams described a sentiment around his team that might as well have summed up the whole tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Wells agreed with Galton’s impulses to manipulate heredity as a means to create a “fitter society.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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