desperately
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The Confederacy desperately needed money, while the Union needed cotton for uniforms and bandages for its soldiers, as well as raw stock for hospital linens, soldiers’ knapsacks and much more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
This is a game Scotland desperately want - and need - to win.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
His siblings say their mother could not have understood what she was signing because she was "desperately unwell".
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Cause if you rail against it, suddenly you become a plastic surgery disaster, trying desperately to hold on to relevance as you hit your 50s and 60s or 70s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
All these clever people at this secret countryside estate, desperately scrambling to solve his machine.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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