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It evokes a thatched hut, a giant upturned basket and, especially, a vacant, human-size cage—a trap in want of prey.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 22, 2025

The M2 MacBook Pro already feels sort of like a laptop in want of an audience.

From The Verge Jul. 1, 2022

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman, married woman, man, anyone really, in possession of a pulse, must be in want of Colin Firth in a lake."

From Salon Jun. 10, 2022

The mother never appears, by reference or in person, and so it seems this man was in want of a wife, and only had a daughter.

From Washington Post Feb. 16, 2022

He is charitable to ingeniose men that are in want.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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