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hunger

[huhng-ger] / ˈhʌŋ gər /


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"If I receive that assurance soon, I will end my hunger strike today. If not, I will unfortunately have to continue," he said.

From BBC Jul. 23, 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

India's activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended a hunger strike after 26 days of fasting in support of youth-led protesters demanding education reforms.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Michael Trazzi, who founded and leads the Stop the AI Race movement, attracted attention last year when he went on a hunger strike outside Google DeepMind’s London office.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Instead, she took another bite of salted bagel to dull the hunger.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

They are all citizens of winter, prey to the daily hungers of real life.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 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

To starve in order to learn about my environment was irrational, but so were my hungers.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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

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

From MarketWatch Feb. 3, 2026

Enjoying heavy rotation on MTV on the wings of “Dancing with Myself” and “White Wedding,” his audience hungered for more.

From Salon Apr. 26, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2024

And there the ginger smell was sharp, sharp enough to distort dreams and make the sleeper believe the things he hungered for were right at hand.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Her own audience, primed to look for conspiracy theories in the wake of a high-profile murder, had been hungering for Owens to challenge the widely accepted version of events.

From Slate Feb. 27, 2026

Cheered on by a studio audience hungering for fireworks and fisticuffs — “Jer-ry! Jer-ry! Jer-ry!”

From Washington Post Apr. 27, 2023

“Our audiences are hungering for an authentic experience, the work of art placed in front of them,” Mr. Steward said.

From New York Times Oct. 20, 2022

But after whetting my appetite, “Trayf” left me hungering for more substantive spiritual nourishment.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 14, 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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