as in to tend (to)
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The word came more vividly to mind on a recent Thursday hike with friends, including Sarah Donohoe, a neighbor who like me is a newspaper columnist.—
Charles Hammer,
Kansas City Star,
27 Aug. 2025 -
Preferably, Villa would have liked to sign last season’s loanees Marcus Rashford and Asensio — the latter deal may well materialise this week — but did not have the resources to do so at the start of the summer.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Incline (toward).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incline%20%28toward%29. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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