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thirst

[thurst] / θɜrst /


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Juggling rapid growth and investors’ thirst for profit isn’t easy, either.

From Barron's

Food and water soon became scarce, thirst and hunger a commonplace, with nauseating odors emanating from the toilets.

From The Wall Street Journal

When your investigation can be derailed by a thirst for retweets, it was never about truth in the first place.

From Salon

I was so hungry I sucked on bits of straw, and then I was dying of thirst.

From Literature

Investors have been thirsting for new issues, and big names including SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are readying debuts for later this year.

From The Wall Street Journal