eager
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Losing Goodall and the visibility she brought was a blow, but the students were eager to act.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
“He does not ask us to applaud Lyutov’s sweet Jewish soul without revealing how it was reviled and how it could be destroyed by those he was eager to claim as his brothers.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
And while CEO Sam Altman has been eager to do an IPO, CFO Sarah Friar has said the company may need more time, according to the Journal External link.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Altman has been eager to do an IPO, while the company’s CFO Sarah Friar has told company leaders it may need more time, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
She stayed with them the same way a puppy would, first sprinting ahead, then falling back to investigate something, circling around them, eager to play.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Vocabulary lists containing eager
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