desperate
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After the volunteers stopped coming altogether, the search for food grew desperate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
In a desperate attempt to bring him back, Ma Moe San Pan was then scammed out of 4.5 million kyats by strangers who falsely promised his release.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
“Those resources could have been used to permanently house the scores of Skid Row residents in desperate need of housing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
They cause abnormal movements, a lot of side effects, but they're still used because people are so desperate for help.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
In churches and club rooms and private homes in those desperate days, I told the truths Betsie and I had learned in Ravensbruck.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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