covet
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The temperature was cool most of the year, without frost or heat, an environment that allows grapes to grow in abundance—and slowly develop the concentrated flavors that wine drinkers covet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
Someone who, perhaps, did not covet the presidency as much as he did.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025
The peaches my neighbors and I covet this time of year come from about three and a half hours north, in Chilton County — the peach capital of Alabama.
From Salon • Jul. 9, 2025
The rankings are popular — many campuses in the country covet the lists — and controversial.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025
The Beni is of increasing interest to ranchers and soybean growers, who covet its open land and relatively good soil.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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