hungered
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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
Election administrators in many states have long hungered for better access to federal information on citizenship status.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2026
That added to a quasi “gold rush” among investors who understandably hungered for a piece of the action.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
Their movement had hungered for this moment for years, but now, after Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Within a month, we were receiving The Economist and reading the news we hungered for.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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