covet
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BHP still appears to covet Anglo’s sizeable copper portfolio, but Anglo’s merger with Teck unlocks synergies that BHP couldn’t, Hatch says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
Someone who, perhaps, did not covet the presidency as much as he did.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025
The peaches my neighbors and I covet this time of year come from about three and a half hours north, in Chilton County — the peach capital of Alabama.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2025
Still, the question is: Would Canada and Iceland want to take on the task of providing the social benefits that Greenlanders covet?
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025
And I wanted to promise him I wouldn’t lie or steal or associate with persons of loose morals, or covet my neighbor’s wife, or anything.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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