liked
Americanadjective
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Plenty of the taste-testers who went viral seemed surprised to find they actually liked the flavor explosion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The hippo liked it there, so it took a while to extract the animal from the muddy waters to the delight of the locals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Jones said Japan's support play "wasn't as sharp as we would have liked" in the opening game, so he has turned to nature to get his point across.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“It was really nice to hear that we are on the right track and that they liked our work enough that they wanted to share it for the client to actually see.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The serious-minded priest, hearing all that talk about giants and enchantments, imagined that this must be the hero of the book the Duke liked to read often.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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