desires
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“Those desires are not going to go away next Wednesday, or in 2028.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Mr. Jones suggests that James sublimated doubts and forbidden desires into his stories and the routines of Cambridge and Eton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Algorithms were already predicting our tastes, needs and desires and serving us options before we asked for them.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Many of the young people attending daytimers gigs were moving between the expectations of family and community and the desires of a younger generation testing out music, fashion, friendship and independence on its own terms.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
‘I thank you for your fair words,’ said Aragorn, ‘and my heart desires to come with you; but I cannot desert my friends while hope remains.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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