desperate

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Renée Saldaña, a spokesperson for SEIU-UHW, characterized the lawsuit against the initiative as “a really desperate attempt by the clinic industry to try and avoid accountability.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 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

He only remembers fragments now: the explosion, heat, gas cylinders strewn across the kitchen and his desperate search from room to room, calling his wife's name: "Sarla, Sarla."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

By February, Eagle was desperate and feeling the immense pressure from his constituents.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

From the cook stove where she was fixing our breakfast, Mama smiled and said, “Knowing how desperate you are to get the planting done, I’d say it was going to rain.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls