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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a wishing" is not correct and not commonly used in written English.
It may be used in a poetic or creative context, but it is generally not standard.
Example: "A wishing for peace filled the air as the crowd gathered."
Alternatives: "a desire" or "a longing".
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They belonged to what she called a "wishing tree".
Arriving guests tossed faux-Tuscan coins into a wishing well.
On a small pad, Mr. Cohen drew a circle to represent a wishing well.
They glitter like the coins at the bottom of a wishing well.
That would make a funny movie, Pryce thought, a wishing well and mixed-up wishes.
At the brand-new £24m Bristol Brunel Academy there is a wishing wall.
PB: I lived in Knaresborough at the time, and there's a wishing well.
People throw coins at the foot of it, as though it were a wishing well.
When a friend asked him to explain, he improvised and said it was a Wishing Armor.
It was, he said, "a wishing", an idealised version of his Connecticut childhood.
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Today, owners Nate and Lauren Belden (and a bevy of playful kids) run the farm and winery and have created a unique attraction--a wishing tree.
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