desperately
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The money normally spent on the parade will go instead toward pumps, hoses, plugs and generators, Fisher said, “resources our waterways and neighbors desperately need.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
“Charlie Chaplin desperately tries to get rid of the kid, at the beginning, in these very kind of dangerous and unpleasant ways,” said writer-director Chris Weitz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
"We are just a family who went away on holiday with our healthy little boy, and we desperately want to bring him home."
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
“Look at this nice mom taking care of an infant; surely she’s a nice lady who would never defraud anyone or even tell a single, small lie,” the image desperately wants to tell us.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
I claw desperately at my headset but it’s already being ripped from my grasp, halfway onto the bobbed hair of the new operator.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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