desperate
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On screen, Guitarrica’s expressive and angular visage conveys the fright and uncertainty that afflict his character, who is desperate for tenderness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
In her groups she said she encountered "desperate" parents navigating a "lack of appropriate and compassionate bereavement care" and a "huge lack of consistency" across health boards.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
So desperate to be part of Hannie’s world that I’d leaped into doing something I had no idea how to do, and now I was going to break my neck.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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