keen
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Ireland is keen not to alienate big tech, which lines its coffers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Not all workers, regardless of age, are keen to accommodate AI.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
That included “Dumbo” — South Korea’s In Gee Chun — who got that nickname years ago because of her exceptionally keen hearing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Western investors keen to make a buck in Russia's chaotic and fast-growing economy would gather to strike deals and hobnob with the Russian elite in the early years of Putin's rule.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Then the scanty supply of food was distressing: with the keen appetites of growing children, we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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