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For our presence to take hold, we must lay bare the emotions we covet so stubbornly, the emotions found in the look of those we love, of those we call family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

All this puts it at the heart of Chinese and US economic interests and they actively covet it.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

He is thought to covet the role of chancellor, having spent many years advising Gordon Brown in the Treasury under New Labour.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

That has allowed the show to meet younger people where they are and to stay relevant with viewers in the 18-to-34 age bracket that advertisers covet.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

“Then, and only then, might you be ready for a universal channellor, those stapiers you covet, or better yet, your very own unique channellor suited to your talent.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

The reason for what the world might see as a muted response is to preserve the one thing Xi covets for his country: stability.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Greenland does not need medical assistance from other countries, Denmark's defence minister said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump claimed he was sending a hospital ship to the autonomous Danish territory that he covets.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

Or, according to an erratic transactional logic in which force would no longer serve freedom but replace it, an allied nation: Denmark, whose Greenland he covets?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Even worse, the vampire covets the solicitor’s wife, and he’ll be moving into the old manse across the street from the couple.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

She sighs like I'm bothering her and it's an imposition for her to tell me, but I know she covets the attention.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

One of Ramabai's daughters is preparing for police recruitment and the other for the civil services - two fiercely competitive routes into the security and social status associated with a coveted and secure government job.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

There is no question, though, that this week the minister who most starkly signalled change from the previous government was a man who coveted Healey's job - Ed Miliband, who was instead appointed foreign secretary.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

This is a plan-in-advance activity, because getting a coveted table at the luxe restaurant — which is small relative to the size of the museum — requires a reservation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

And its Los Angeles location should prove particularly convenient as Frech swaps the track for the ballroom and competes for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy along side his pro partner, Daniella Karagach.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

It was not enough for him to have made the Church powerful and to have alienated his allies, for since he coveted the Kingdom of Naples, he divided it with the King of Spain.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

But Fernandes is not one for coveting individual awards.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

It was expensive, but worth every penny — a beautiful, abstract rendering of the film’s themes, displayed in a bewitching graphic style I couldn’t get out of my mind after coveting the poster online.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026

Now he is vying for votes in a military-managed poll starting on Sunday, coveting the former seat of the country's best known political prisoner -- Aung San Suu Kyi.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

Flipping channels, you might find Mr. Kelce baring his arm for a Pfizer Covid-19 shot, Mr. Mahomes hollering in support of a State Farm promotion or Mr. Reid coveting some chicken “nuggies.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

A “horizontal desire,” coveting a neighbor’s goods, has been replaced by a “vertical desire,” coveting the goods of the rich and the powerful seen on television, Schor said.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times