greedy
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“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.”
From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026
That’s most likely to happen not because you’re stupid or greedy, but because you’re vulnerable—and because the con artist knows exactly how to fabricate trustworthiness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Using spells and legal reasoning, they rallied the community to defeat a greedy dragon and use its gold hoard to rebuild the city.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
"Get back to your boxing, you're getting too greedy, trying to land and getting caught," Verhoeven's trainer Peter Fury warned his man.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
With a parting glance at the Hixby’s Guide—did Penelope imagine it, or was it a longing, greedy, covetous sort of glance?—he left.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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