Word: wont
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...argues that those countries have become much more suited than the United States for this sort of high volume, standardized industry (read: organized labor's turf). They have access to lower priced labor and in some cases more natural resources. Therefore, if market forces act as market forces are wont to do, the U.S. will be priced out. Soon, the scenario goes, U.S. imports will increase and production jobs will dwindle mortally devastating an already weakened economy...
...after an initial stalemate between the new and the old forces, experience--as it is wont to do--prevailed...
...surrounded by his personal secretary and his administrative aide. If he doesn't want to a Senator never has to walk through the reception area of his office to see what's going on. He can hide out in his office, wheeling and dealing, as Senators are wont to do, coming and going with the utmost secrecy...
...unconscious noble men and women. Overcome with the ennui which plagues her class, she had stepped outside for a smoke while the guests of her sister-in-law, the Grafina Spielstein, chattered pointlessly. Her husband, the Duke de Imbroglio is off in search of young children, as he is wont to do after a drink or two. The Contessa has reentered after only a few minutes to find her fellow nobles blitzed on some non-medicinal herb. She is disgusted and lonely. She spits on the nearest insensate pate and sets off into the cool, hopeful night. She will search...
...private martyrdom. So I was more or less prepared to grit it out again in the army, Willingly or Knott (Ha!). What I wasn't ready for was the conglomeration of certified wise guys and punsters called the I and R platoon. They decided my nickname must be Wont or Won't; only the spelling was contended...