desperately
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Soraida Torrealba's family has spent days desperately searching for her among the rubble of their building.
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
She pleads desperately: "We are waiting for humanitarian aid - we need them to come to help us."
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
Long before scientists understood its chemistry, doctors recognized that something in liver could restore strength, appetite and vitality to desperately ill patients.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
Senegal and Sadio Mané, on the other hand, desperately need a win.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026
He found he wanted, desperately, to protect her; to protect the girl who was taking on all of time.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing desperately
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