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hunger

[huhng-ger] / ˈhʌŋ gər /


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It estimates that 19.5 million people or 41% of Sudan's population are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, including five million facing emergency levels of hunger.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

In his third term he has overseen a drop in inflation and unemployment, and lifted millions out of hunger, but voters complain about a high cost of living and are fed up with crime.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Johnson, for instance, says the firm’s research with the the Immersive Experience Institute has shown a hunger in younger generations to embrace spaces such as the Rainforest Cafe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

David Beasley had called on billionaires to “step up now, on a one-time basis” to tackle global hunger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Something clawed in her stomach, roaring with hunger for it.

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. Let us not sit back silently...”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

“In so many ways, it felt like the actualization of a lot of these more private hungers and more private desires for sound and experience and collectivity,” she said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 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

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

He wanted to see a movie; his senses hungered for it.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

On top of that, investors hungering for a new CEO had hoped Cornell’s replacement would arrive from outside Target; instead, the board picked a 20-year company veteran.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025

“Mr. Kennedy is the one person who has the qualities that can bring about the unity that most Americans are hungering for,” Mr. Kucinich said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

“The country is very volatile and hungering for change,” he said.

From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022

Any hoops fan hungering for a return to normal this March might have looked at the bracket when it finally came out and wondered what ever changed.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2022

But, of course, it was my body, hungering, biding its time against the tyranny of my spirit.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez


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