desperate

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Renée Saldaña, a spokesperson for SEIU-UHW, characterized the lawsuit against the initiative as “a really desperate attempt by the clinic industry to try and avoid accountability.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Will any of that matter, though, in a market that seems desperate to ride the current AI wave into fresh record highs?

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

He only remembers fragments now: the explosion, heat, gas cylinders strewn across the kitchen and his desperate search from room to room, calling his wife's name: "Sarla, Sarla."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

By February, Eagle was desperate and feeling the immense pressure from his constituents.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

But now I can’t tell if it means anything at all or if I’m just so desperate for meaning that I’m inventing it where there is none.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse