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were wish
noun
A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen
Exact(3)
Some of his patients' horrifying dreams were wish fulfillments, he maintained, because the patients were masochists.
The most common reasons for an intention to accept were "wish to be protected" and "following health authority's advice".
The most common reasons for intending to accept vaccination were "wish to be protected" and "following Health Authority's advice" (fig 3).
Similar(57)
Devoutly to be wish'd.
That is what I am wishing for.
"I'm wishing him the best".
Nor can politics be wished away.
"I was wishing the battery would die.
Not that he was wishing us ill.
"As you are wishing, Father," Manyenga said.
They cannot be wished away.
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