as in to like
to show partiality toward
I'm leaning toward sausage on our pizza tonight—we got pepperoni the last three times
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This intensely private man, whose performance-art alter ego became an above-the-title star of stage and screen while he purposefully puppet-mastered in the shadows, doesn’t like the idea of being stuck in the passenger seat of his own story.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025 -
Deporting immigrants lacking permanent legal status en masse is the most popular of President Donald Trump’s policy proposals, while territorial expansion is among the least liked, according to new polling.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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But a source with knowledge of discussions to declassify documents related to King’s assassination tells CNN the family would prefer the government wait to release them.—
Andy Rose,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
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City missed the presence of Kevin De Bruyne in these sequences, with their midfielders preferring safe passes while Chelsea baited the ambitious switch, leaving Nunes to call for passes to no avail.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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And right now the people who favor Ukraine joining NATO sooner rather than later aren’t talking about that at all.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2025
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Read Next National Do Americans favor deporting undocumented immigrants?—
Kate Linderman,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Lean (toward or towards).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lean%20%28toward%20or%20towards%29. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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