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crave

[krayv] / kreɪv /




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“There’s a certain type of person that, once you’re out of school, you crave learning and have curiosity about the world and really want to dig into a subject,” Jerry said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

"But I could feel their willingness to do well, and so for them to have to dig really deep, and to see everybody having that feeling that we all crave, that's why we're all here."

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Bosses are turning to bots and consultants to give younger workers the more helpful, frequent direction they say they crave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Choi’s advice was to go the other direction: blister them, puree them, drown them in vinegar or chili, add something sweet, blend them into sauces, make them taste like the foods you already crave.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

You had to crave something to be dishonest.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Manager Jeglertz was pleased with their second half display against Real Madrid but like Hemp, still craves more as he knows the challenge will only get harder.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Good thing the Chargers’ new play-caller craves adversity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Bernard Yaros, lead US economist at Oxford Economics, told AFP that while the market craves more from Warsh, he's unlikely to provide it.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

He’s never uninteresting, plays to the crowd and craves all the noise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Forbid a man something and he craves it like his soul’s salvation, all the more so when that something is the source of incomparable riches.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

That summer, Léa De Carmo, an aspiring actress, was driving back to Los Angeles from Las Vegas with a friend and, after a night of partying, craved a cup of coffee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Its “assemblage of worldviews” was something young people craved, even if they didn’t know it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It does not care whether it was hidden or disrespected, whether you craved it or merely added it, whether the broccoli arrived under a glossy blanket of cheese.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Leonard never delivered a title that Ballmer craved; often, he barely played at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Everywhere he looked he saw families reunited, and finally, he saw the two whose company he craved most.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

But if you’re craving an escape, my colleagues have a few suggestions:

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

The two unacquainted orphans sign up, conscious that they have inherited the larceny gene and, unconsciously perhaps, craving a family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

He believes "perhaps the real craving was not always for the food, but for the ritual of ordering it".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Kelly finds the public’s current craving for unique genre storytelling encouraging, but feels that like most trends, it may be doomed to impermanence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

All too soon it was gone, leaving him only the craving for more.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw


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