hunger
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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
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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
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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
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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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