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hunger

[huhng-ger] / ˈhʌŋ gər /


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South Korea’s trade data, seen as a bellwether of AI demand, show few signs that the hunger for chips is ebbing as a torrent of investment in AI infrastructure continues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

What’s more, for many hunger brings the threat of fullness.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

It helps control automatic processes essential for survival, including breathing, sleeping, heartbeat regulation and hunger.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

They need to go back to basics, make sure they've got the fight, make sure they've got the hunger because they've got the talent - I know they've got the talent.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

After one night, his hunger had returned, and this time brought friends, some relatives, and even a few pets.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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

Ng’s and Wong’s bodies have both known hungers of many kinds, inheriting their ancestors’ “insatiable” appetites — for food and water, but also for connection.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2023

Yet, our nation hungers for their radical song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

Some hungers were delusional, but that didn’t make them any less real.

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

Dishes like chile verde, taco salads and chalupas became relics as customers hungered for offerings that were more “authentic.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

Even in the dark, he hungered to see, and only after the fiercest fight to keep his eyes open did he fall asleep.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

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

It has also served as a watershed moment for the business-news landscape, making a group of internet influencers go-to sources for people hungering for news of FTX and SBF, as Bankman-Fried is known.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2022

Any hoops fan hungering for a return to normal this March might have looked at the bracket when it finally came out and wondered what ever changed.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 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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