hungry
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“I was hungry for that No. 1 spot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
At a gleaming new factory in China's central hinterland, masked workers in white uniform season and sift through mounds of latiao, a longtime popular snack that has found hungry fans overseas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
They don’t get tired or hungry, call in sick or go on vacation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"I'm 100% committed. I'm hungry to win, I'm hungry to be better day after day and to fight with my team-mates for the victory."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
My stomach grumbles, and it seems wrong to get a snack at a moment like this, but it won’t do anybody any good if I’m hungry.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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
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
The staffing shortage meant her wait ended up being much longer—and hungrier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
“I been hungrier than this,” the hobo told Billy.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
By all rights, Chief Executive Robert Davis should be the hungriest shopper in the aisle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“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
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
As K-pop was broadening its global ambitions in the late 2000s and early 2010s, it was also expanding its appetite, becoming the hungriest pop music scene on the planet.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
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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