desperate
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"Though very unsettling, The End of Everything is not in fact a strange book. It's a realist book about a strange world, populated by desperate, unmoored characters."
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
And what did he say at half-time in response to a desperate first-half display that brought condemnation from legendary United figures Wayne Rooney and Nicky Butt, who were covering the game for Amazon Prime?
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Some investors are desperate to take the other side, The Wall Street Journal’s Gunjan Banerji writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
She posed dirtied, disheveled and apparently desperate in front of a spotless stoop — then hit post on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
It made her all the more desperate to leave; heights always made her crave her wings.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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