longing
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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
“There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill,” wrote Golding, “and there was the world of longing and baffled common sense.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
In my time in Florida, I’d found a more complicated story, but down here, everyone had their theories, their longing for citrus nirvana, and their anger at the loss.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
As a result, he had the same longing in his eyes that so many of my professors had when we talked about our training.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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