hungry
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By shopping around, savers may find better rates from banks that are hungry for deposits in a Fed hike.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Once, she was hours late and the pigs were hungry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
These were not first responders, but they kept the city running by doing things like making sure hungry people got their food stamps.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
He never felt at home anywhere and was sometimes hungry and neglected.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
I read to her about the hungry caterpillar, but it doesn’t help.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Not only do sugar spikes contribute to the long-term development of metabolic disease, it can also leave you hungrier by midmorning than if you had eaten nothing at all.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
Overall, the findings show that animals do not simply become hungrier when nutrients are missing.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026
The Gunners boss said Arsenal are "hungrier than ever" and that the defeats do not change the importance of the last-eight match against Sporting.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
They prioritized ”big people that move fast,” explained Miller, saving scholarship offers for players who were hungrier to improve than to become famous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
He put the empty bowl back on the floor next to the cat-flap and lay back down on the bed, somehow even hungrier than he had been before the soup.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
By all rights, Chief Executive Robert Davis should be the hungriest shopper in the aisle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
I’m usually the hungriest really late at night, so I might order something against my better judgment like the hippy vegan ramen from Tatstu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Astronomers claimed on Monday that they had discovered what might be the hungriest, most luminous object in the visible universe — a supermassive black hole that was swallowing a star a day.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
“I’ve said it a couple times this spring so far, but I think this is the hungriest team I’ve ever had in spring training,” Servais said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Their flesh was firm and sweet and would fill even the hungriest stomach.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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