hungry
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Ms. Arno’s achievement is to return Celan to mortal scale: ardent in friendship, hungry for recognition, capable of wounded tenderness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
A record 13 people were killed by bears in Japan last year, and there has been a jump in sightings as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
All Wall Street needs to sell SpaceX stock to a hungry public is a semi-plausible narrative.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
The meal wasn’t as good as the pizza I had for just a handful of euros, and I went back to the pizzeria, hungry for more.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
I knew she wasn’t eating enough, that she was going hungry to give me more food.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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