Cast
Cast verb - To throw or give off.
Prefer
Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The promos end with the cast watching the new cast and saying how much they prefer their replacements.
- Entertainment tends to use this trope nowadays when it lands a dubbing job; they'll cast newer voice actors and prefer to avoid all star casts.
Source: Amateur Cast -
Three of the four main cast, and the vast majority of the secondary cast of Cry Havoc smoke, nearly all are battle hardened mercenaries so they tend to prefer cigarettes.
Source: Smoking Is Cool
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