needy
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Tossing her blond locks like a hair-metal vixen, she’s a needy, greedy, selfie-taking try-hard who — horrors — frets over her own mass appeal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
We’re wrangling a lot of very needy creative egos.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
The festival is usually marked with the slaughter of a sheep, with some of the meat given to the needy.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Varley said the child was "refusing" to go to sleep, is "very needy" and texted another friend: "He's just annoying. Lol."
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
People always took advantage of those who were anxious or needy.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
Then again, almost all of these people — the main characters and minor — are needier than they’d like to let on.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
Gradually she found a Mrs. Lovett who was younger than the usual iteration and needier.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
But actually Nate is a lot needier sadly than that and is a troubled soul.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023
The LNG arriving to Spain could in theory be sent on to needier neighbors further east, but there’s no easy way to get it there.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
It meant providing medicine in the places that needed it the most, and no place was needier than Haiti.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Yet Mr. Kelly is willing to deprive the neediest children of access to the greatest blessing America could offer: a high-quality education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
“Who will teach the children in the neediest schools? The communities will suffer. It’s cyclical, and it’s scary.”
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
However, its job market has long been unstable and the city is ranked among the neediest in the US.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
Council members said they have heard little from the county on whether services to the region’s neediest will be disrupted or even reduced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
Fidelito was the neediest kid in the room, and so of course everyone pushed him around.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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