hankering
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When we had a hankering for tofu, I mooched soybeans from an Illinois farmer friend, cooked them up and formed delectable tofu in a wooden box.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
It’s the absolute goal of every resort operator to satisfy that hankering.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026
The trend toward extravagance dovetailed nicely with the emergence of baby boomers and older Gen X–ers with more disposable income, the hankering for less-traveled international locales and a generational shift toward more creature comforts.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025
Yet for more than a decade, Hovde, 60, has had a hankering to hold political office.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2024
Though he felt he was cut off from them forever, he had a strange hankering for their presence.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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