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[tend] / tɛnd /




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It said the "free parent seats" will now be available at the back of the aircraft, as front rows tend to be reserved.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

In the late 1990s, John Durnell began using the weedkiller Roundup to help tend to the community spaces in his neighborhood in St. Louis.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

Signs that retail interest could be distorting prices aren’t hard to find: Shares of retail favorites tend to see greater underperformance following a disappointing earnings report, Ali noted.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

They aren’t the most common kind of earthquakes, but they do happen, and they tend to be destructive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

We tend to think less, however, about the concepts or ideas that our culture has about sound and music.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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