wont

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“The market can do anything,” Richard Russell, the author of the Dow Theory Letters, was wont to remind his readers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Their wont is to blame sections of fans for causing ructions, for not being grateful enough for what they have.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

Titled “Mary Magdalene,” it mixes fact and fiction, as in general seems to be Davis’ wont as a natural-born storyteller, always refining her tale through fabulation and embellishment.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

The event was packed and it went on for many hours as his rallies are wont to do.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024

You wont notise it for a while like you dont notise how the hour hand on a clock moves.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes