longing
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If there are any lessons for Hollywood to learn from “Obsession,” it’s to not take shortcuts to the prize you’re longing for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The song that touched her was Spring Day, a haunting yet hopeful 2017 release about separation and longing.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
All of which adds up to a familiar Scottish tale of drama and longing, ambition and despair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Wall Street finally got the U.S.-Iran peace deal announcement it’s been longing for.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Her face had lit up with admiration and with longing.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
His voice - bruised, buttery and intimate - has been an inescapable undercurrent of Bollywood, narrating heartbreaks, longings and reconciliations for millions for more than a decade.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
But if there were any chance of changing my mind and taking the plunge, watching “Welcome to Derry” has permanently exorcised any phantom longings.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025
The setting is still a Swiss alpine hamlet, but the villagers are all members of some puritanical sect and its sleepwalking heroine, Amina, has longings that transcend its limits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
‘Gods of Want,’ author K-Ming Chang’s follow-up to her dazzling debut, ‘Bestiary,’ collects stories of young immigrants haunted by ghosts and longings.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2025
A dizzying collage of smells, moments, emotions, longings sped through Sierra’s entire body.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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