longing
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He ended up as a trishaw rider in Thailand in the 1950s, living in a hostel with other Chinese migrants and sending letters filled with longing to his wife and children back home.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
In the viral reaction to these dispatches, there seems to be a redemptive longing for a U.S. whose image has been complicated at home and abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
By contrast, on social media, Boy Moms stand alone, the main characters in what often seem like one-woman romantic tragedies of doomed longing.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
What they did share was a brutal colonial past, and a longing to achieve economic self-determination.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
My feet were in agony, my ears ached, and I was longing for something to eat, anything.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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