clamor
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But as Americans clamor for more protein, some of the nation’s biggest nutrition companies face concerns over shortages and skyrocketing costs.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
The clamor of visiting children echoes outside the concrete structure while music plays deeper within the campus where couples ballroom dance in the sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
The applications go unanswered, the layoffs keep mounting, and we clamor over the few jobs left, wondering whether we’ve overstayed the party in Silicon Valley.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Your co-workers don’t clamor to chat with a tube rider.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Abruptly, at this remembrance, I could not hear the clamor of passing carts.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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In this season of our discontent, the scene in which Richard cynically holds up a Bible as a ginned-up crowd clamors to make him king is one you may find familiar.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
Though the company still clamors for government funding and sometimes makes bold predictions it doesn’t actually see through, SpaceX continues to defy expectations with each new accomplishment.
From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2021
“I don’t think she is someone who clamors for it all,” Murray said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2018
You’d think it would be easy to get a person who clamors for the spotlight to agree to a documentary about her life.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2018
The cries of mortals rose in chorus, and their clamors became so loud and importunate, that they roused Jupiter from a profound sleep, and caused him to look around to discover their origin.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)
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