greedy
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Greedy widows and bullying uncles are distracting you from the bigger picture, the ability to plan a life that you have always wanted.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
“We’re playing our best ball right now,” cornerback Greedy Vance said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2024
Truth Ofori, who was part of Black Sherif's set, then sang a patriotic song called “This is our home”, while Stonebowy used his set to perform "Greedy Men", which targeted those behind galamsey.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024
"Until recently Swedes were bidding up the price of homes with funny money," said Andreas Cervenka, author of "Greedy Sweden", a book examining inequality driven partly by the housing boom.
From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2023
Greedy fingers went through his clothes, frantic figures searched him, and the pearl, knocked from his hand, lay winking behind a little stone in the pathway.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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