desperate
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“That goes to show you just how desperate leaders are to show progress fighting organized crime,” says Benjamin Gedan, director of the Latin America Program at the Stimson Center, a Washington-based policy group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
In the meantime, residents of Tachira and other Venezuelan regions are feeling desperate.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
He talked to prisoners and detainees who were released, desperate to get any word of Mahmoud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
"I was super desperate," Sabalenka said after her win over Pegula.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Agh,” I cry, stumbling and freeing myself with a desperate swing of the akrafena.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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