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hunger

[huhng-ger] / ˈhʌŋ gər /


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GLP-1 helps regulate hunger and blood sugar, and semaglutide works by copying its effects in the body.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke welcomed Wangchuk's decision to end his hunger strike but said the movement would press ahead with its campaign until the education minister resigns.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Plus, I was famished with the kind of hunger that accompanies the dissipating stress after leaving the dentist.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

But once you’re out there and you’re playing your game or doing your sport, you’re not thinking about food, your hunger goes away for some reason.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Somehow, the water I had drunk at the stream had managed to satisfy my hunger as well as my thirst.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Huge questions for a party that used to dominate Scottish politics and hungers for a way back to power at Holyrood.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

No one hungers for the bad old days—the infamous “Ford to City: Drop Dead” headline ran just months before PS1 opened—but it’s hard not to be nostalgic for the art world of the past.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

Yet, our nation hungers for their radical song.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2023

The series sticks with that impetus while expanding our view into the part of Ellie that hungers for family and true care.

From Salon Feb. 27, 2023

They were not supposed to try and sate their hungers with demons and the dead.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Malcom McLean, a New Jersey commercial shipper who championed the new idea of prepacking cargo into big metal boxes, hungered for a Pentagon contract.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Election administrators in many states have long hungered for better access to federal information on citizenship status.

From Salon Feb. 27, 2026

That added to a quasi “gold rush” among investors who understandably hungered for a piece of the action.

From MarketWatch Feb. 3, 2026

Only those who hungered for true love, like Seong-hun, had made the cut.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2024

Even as a little girl she hungered for learning as a child does for cookies in the late afternoon.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

On top of that, investors hungering for a new CEO had hoped Cornell’s replacement would arrive from outside Target; instead, the board picked a 20-year company veteran.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2025

Based on a 1992 movie, this musical features Billy Crystal returning to the role of Buddy Young Jr., a has-been comic who is hungering for a comeback and reconnecting with family.

From New York Times Jun. 12, 2022

“The country is very volatile and hungering for change,” he said.

From Washington Post May 27, 2022

But before she drops the curtain on “Better Things,” is she perhaps hungering for that Emmy win?

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2022

That’s what comes of hungering for something: You forget to check if it’s rotten before you gobble it down.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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