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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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"I feel like I perform better when I have a bit of fire in me," she said.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The Times spoke with the heads of four of these nonprofits, all who said they feel like they’re flying blind and are contemplating cuts to services.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

“Sometimes I watch guys hit on the range and I don’t feel like I’m the most talented out there,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

She refers to her “shallow nature,” writing that “I feel like an upstream salmon, determined to reach the shallow water, no matter how fast the river is running the other way.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

I feel like I should tell him that he’s wrong about me, that I’m not who he thinks I am, but I don’t because I don’t want to.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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