desperately
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The oil market desperately wants to move on from the Iran war.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
"It was a nice car and he seemed friendly so I went up to him and desperately asked him for a lift to the Town Hall," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
After last June’s 12-day war, the regime desperately needed some narrative of success.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
As their characters, Conforti, Blanchard and Ardies, deftly carve out discrete personalities beneath their plum-colored homogeneity, each playing a role that is, in turn, playing a role while also remaining desperately human.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Jack whipped his head around, desperately searching for something, anything, that would save them, but the only way out was to go back down into the palace, suicide even if the way was still open.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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