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How to use the word leaning in a Sentence?

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For me, my own journey,( it was about) finding a higher power and leaning on that and being like, ‘ Please save me, ’ and then feeling saved, and then shortly later,( I met) the woman of my dreams.

Chris Pratt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There’s been very much a laissez-faire attitude in the US towards content, even content targeting teenagers and vulnerable people, the Chinese government has been much more leaning into regulation at early stages in the growth of Douyin, particularly protecting younger people.

Duncan Clark

Found on CNN
1 year ago

MPD is leaning over the patient in his face, saying loudly that the patient is not going anywhere and that they are not going to uncuff him, impeding patient care.

Robert Long

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think you would see less of the governor leaning on identity politics and more on her record of results.

Rob Godfrey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’ll have more to share about these productions soon, but this is a great example of how we’re leaning into our unrivaled brands and franchises.

Bob Iger

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If I had to qualify them as the hawkish- or dovish-leaning, I would say that last year’s constellation was a reasonably hawkish one, and this year’s constellation is almost certainly not quite as hawkish.

Ellen Meade

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I assume there’s a deeper political message to show that the new left-leaning government … is keen on defense spending.

Peter Layton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I kept leaning into what we know.

Van Pelt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is supposed to be a fun show. We are the diversion. There is a lot of serious bullsh*t in the world, but we are here for the fun. That’s what we do. But we are also capable of covering something serious. i kept leaning into what we know.

Van Pelt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s not the direction I’m leaning into, it’s not the moment.

Gavin Newsom

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The thinly veiled intent behind AOC’s tweet to vilify a Jewish organization is crystal clear and further contributes to the vilification of American Jews, aOC’s intentional isolation of AIPAC and her failure to call out the numerous bipartisan and left-leaning groups working to keep Justice Democrat candidate Summer Lee out of office shows her true colors.

Liora Rez

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We're going to be winning races that no one thought we'd win before. And how are we going to do it? By leaning into our conservative values, this is just the start of the future of the Republican Party. I'm excited to be a part of it.

Tony Gonzales

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I know that there is a lot of hope that tribes might become these safe havens for abortion care, particularly since a lot of tribes are blue leaning areas within a large swath of red states, however, that's a lot to put on Indian Country. I don't think that that's fair. And frankly, it's putting a lot of political and legal risk on tribal sovereignty.

Elizabeth Reese

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is nervousness about China's ambiguous, but Russia-leaning stance on the Ukraine conflict, which raises worries that China could be targeted by sanctions if it helps Russia.

Martin Chorzempa

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In recent decades, the Republicans have done really well in this process. They have controlled the redistricting process in more states than Democrats, and they’ve used that power to draw more Republican-leaning districts than Democrats.

Nate Cohn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

On the right, we're really motivated right now because we're fed up and want change, the youth vote in the middle is leaning our way right now because they see the things Democrats promised them are not coming to fruition. Maybe it's time to give Republican policies a try.

Courtney Britt

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Normally, boats will lean to one side when you're hauling back, and this boat just kept leaning, the next thing I know, the rail -- which is about 5 or 6 feet from the water -- was touching the water.

Joe Roderick

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The administration is really leaning forward in encouraging people to leave because they simply don't want more headlines about how the administration failed a second time and left Americans stranded, part of the reason the White House is calling for Americans to leave now is because the administration is feeling snake-bitten by Afghanistan. The president told us that he was going to stay in country until we got every single American out. Obviously, that didn't happen, and we still have hundreds, maybe thousands of American citizens stranded behind enemy lines in Afghanistan.

Nathan Sales

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think most krewes, particularly, I know, for Zulu, we've been very proactive, leaning in, with respect to all of the safety protocols that have been in place since the onset of this thing, our float captains are confirming our riders are vaccinated. And part of the look for the 2022 Mardi Gras season is face masks.

Elroy James

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We're all kind of feeling the same thing right now, this sort of disbelief that already a year has gone by and here we are, there's a bit of an informal network of reporters who've been through it that day, and are still coping with that, who are leaning on each other and talking to each other.

Grace Segers

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I just adore her, i always start to think of the ampersand sign — what else can you bring in, instead of being resistant to or being made insecure by? There's so much juice in leaning in to something like that.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Nobody can sit here and try to be Sean, he’s his own person and his own coach and what he brings to the table is irreplaceable. ... We’re all leaning on each other and we’re all going to fight for each other. We going to hold it down for Sean as long as he’s gone.

Mark Ingram

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Some of the [ power buyers ] wake up, get a cup of coffee and turn to eBay, we were too focused on acquiring buyers and getting them at any costs. We're leaning in now on the enthusiasts.

Jamie Iannone

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That's Priti Patel brand, and Priti Patel's leaning into it.

Alex Thomas

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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