have a way of (being something or doing something)
idiom
: to often have a characteristic or to frequently do something
She has a way of exaggerating when she tells stories.
Life has a way of surprising us now and then.
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Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Mass-casualty incidents have a way of turning patients into numbers—not in the cruel way that news stories count bodies but more slowly, more intimately.
—Ayesha Khan, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Calls for product boycotts and other anti-corporate campaigns on social media have been loud enough that companies were forced to respond, especially as the platforms have a way of amplifying customer frustration.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Guns have a way of going off at inconvenient moments.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
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Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Mass-casualty incidents have a way of turning patients into numbers—not in the cruel way that news stories count bodies but more slowly, more intimately.
—Ayesha Khan, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Calls for product boycotts and other anti-corporate campaigns on social media have been loud enough that companies were forced to respond, especially as the platforms have a way of amplifying customer frustration.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Guns have a way of going off at inconvenient moments.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Have a way of (being something or doing something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20a%20way%20of%20%28being%20something%20or%20doing%20something%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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