hungry
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The 85-year-old US entrepreneur and personality has deleted a photo of herself wearing torn clothes and dirt on her face, holding a sign saying: "I am hungry help me!!"
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
The runaway success of the artificial-intelligence trade has left investors hungry for the next big market theme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
"This week is about getting back to who we are - hungry, accountable to each other and demanding more of ourselves than anyone outside this group ever could."
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Enjoy your night, and watch out for hungry whales!
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
She always urged them to eat apples or bananas if they were hungry, and when they were thirsty, she suggested water or orange juice.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
The Audi brand is a radically different animal today—smaller, hungrier, and dependent on two huge export markets, China and the U.S., both increasingly problematic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
This means we all respond differently to exercise in terms of how many calories we burn or whether a workout makes us feel hungrier later in the day.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
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
Djokovic grew up in war-torn Serbia and has spoken about how his turbulent childhood made him hungrier for success.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
His eyes roved over the lightning scar on Harry’s forehead, and their expression grew hungrier.
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
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
If we know we are no longer sending our best players out against the world, can we at least go back to sending our hungriest?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
After all, only the hungriest people have what it takes to make it in New York City.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2022
The hungriest of spirits or worse could slip through.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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