yearn for
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Some people yearn for zero debt, so your decision isn’t strictly about the numbers — as compelling as they are — it’s also about your risk tolerance as you enjoy your retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
They look at gaping inequalities in society and yearn for change.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
They yearn for more, and they’ve found it in each other.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
“All his life, he has been taught to yearn for eternity,” Ms. Sy-Quia writes of his deliberations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
I would always yearn for them and remember them, but there was nothing left for me in Europe but ghosts.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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