hunger
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During the day, hunger strikers lie on mattresses under tarpaulins, with portraits of BR Ambedkar and freedom fighters behind them.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Earlier this summer, large crowds of protestors converged on Delaney Hall in support of the hunger strikers.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Detainees have also launched hunger strikes, claiming subpar conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Instead, it appears to have adapted ancient neural pathways that originally regulated hunger and feeding, giving them a new role in social care.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
After one night, his hunger had returned, and this time brought friends, some relatives, and even a few pets.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Huge questions for a party that used to dominate Scottish politics and hungers for a way back to power at Holyrood.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
They are all citizens of winter, prey to the daily hungers of real life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Wong hungers for familiarity with her Chinese name, the memory of which has become so faint she calls upon her mother to repeat it to her.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
Yet, our nation hungers for their radical song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Malcom McLean, a New Jersey commercial shipper who championed the new idea of prepacking cargo into big metal boxes, hungered for a Pentagon contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
That added to a quasi “gold rush” among investors who understandably hungered for a piece of the action.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
Enjoying heavy rotation on MTV on the wings of “Dancing with Myself” and “White Wedding,” his audience hungered for more.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024
Tom was of course not a nincompoop, but a serious, thoughtful person who hungered to add substance to sketch comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
For he hungered to learn, to gain power.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Her own audience, primed to look for conspiracy theories in the wake of a high-profile murder, had been hungering for Owens to challenge the widely accepted version of events.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
Actors from all ranks are clearly hungering for the kind of substance and freedom that the stage can uniquely provide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
Cheered on by a studio audience hungering for fireworks and fisticuffs — “Jer-ry! Jer-ry! Jer-ry!”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
“Our audiences are hungering for an authentic experience, the work of art placed in front of them,” Mr. Steward said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
That’s what comes of hungering for something: You forget to check if it’s rotten before you gobble it down.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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