whims

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Things were already difficult for independent producers like the Harden family, who had to weather the whims of corporate farming operations and distributors.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

More reliance on T-bills, however, opens the government to the whims of the market.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

But like his predecessor in the ’70s, Powell has declined to manipulate interest rates at the president’s whims.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Technically, this is not “Wuthering Heights,” but “Wuthering Heights” in the self-referential quotation marks on the poster, an acknowledgment that Fennell has plunged her fingers into the plot and manipulated it to her whims.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Certain whims that he had ridiculed in Alice were now his own.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers