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hunger

[huhng-ger] / ˈhʌŋ gər /


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They said the length of time it took to arrange the meeting, particularly following the hunger strikes, was "extremely concerning".

From BBC Sep. 22, 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

As long as fans still hunger to see their favorite artists live, it seems likely that singers will keep trying to clamber back onto stage.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Participants rated its smell as more pleasant than either dark chocolate or water, but the aroma did not significantly change their hunger or appetite.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

He glanced across the yard at poor Biddy pecking on something, at Muc trying to find a blade of grass to ease her hunger.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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

Wong hungers for familiarity with her Chinese name, the memory of which has become so faint she calls upon her mother to repeat it to her.

From New York Times May 14, 2023

Yet, our nation hungers for their radical song.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2023

Because she was not an animal, and she would not blindly chase her hungers....

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

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

From MarketWatch Feb. 3, 2026

But beneath the bravado lies a wounded child — the boy who yearned for approval, who hungered for his father’s love but never got it.

From Salon May 6, 2024

When she finally felt like she was making decent money doing the news, she still hungered to get into sports.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 7, 2024

Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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

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

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 14, 2022

He had awakened on this morning with a hungering need to bark out orders and have them carried out with speed and efficiency.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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