desperate
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“I saw a desperate Mexico at some moments of the game,” South Africa coach Hugo Broos said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
According to HMRC, the buyers from the intended destinations were "desperate for equipment" and were "willing to pay vastly inflated prices".
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
I would say that there was a period of time when I was just really desperate to be in the room.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Will any of that matter, though, in a market that seems desperate to ride the current AI wave into fresh record highs?
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Knowing Maggie’s desperate finances, a Spiritualist scoffed, “for five dollars she would have denied her mother and would have sworn to anything.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing desperate
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