appetite

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But thousands of men were pouring into Redding to build the dam — a 602-foot concrete behemoth that irrigates millions of acres of Central Valley farmland — and they sure worked up an appetite.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Even with West Texas Intermediate crude back at the high-$60s/low-$70s in 2027, “management teams show little appetite to accelerate activity…They want to see both price and duration before acting.”

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Firms back more direct deals amid a fundraising slowdown and rising investor appetite for co-investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"Researchers used to think that lactate produced from tanycytes 'spoke' directly to neurons involved in appetite control," Araneda explained.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Her coughing got better, less chesty and less whistling, but her appetite disappeared.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie