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feel like

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  1. Have an inclination or desire for, as in I feel like going out tonight, or Do you feel like steak for dinner? [Colloquial; early 1800s]


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She never made my dreams feel too big or made me feel like I couldn’t do something.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

"Someone said to me he doesn't feel like he'd win a world title unless he knocks him out. I didn't like that," promoter Frank Warren said afterwards.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Ironically, the very thing that Mark felt he needed to fulfill his dream – a large, admiring audience for his illustrations – began to feel like a prison.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

“It doesn’t feel like us,” says Matt Kendrick, the company’s chief executive.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

I feel like I’m the parent and she’s my child and I don’t know what to do with the responsibility.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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