A would-be thief got a big surprise when a group of women chanting "Jesus" scared the intruder away from their commune.
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Would-be
/ˈwʊd biː/
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Mary feared that her lap dog could not be the excuse for all of her emissions, especially when other cohabitants possessed refined senses. Half a cup of pâté with every meal would suffice, she figured, to fool any would-be Sherlock.
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The would-be junior at Carnegie Mellon says that she’s always been “five years ahead” in knowing what she wanted to do.
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The warrior bands came and went, prosecuting their family feuds; but the great mass continued to till the soil, taking but little notice of their would-be rulers, so long as they did not interfere with the independence of their village communities.
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