desperate
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Town hall-hopefuls have also pledged to clean up graffiti-covered train stations, end "forever-building sites", fix buckled cycling lanes and take steps to ease a desperate shortage of affordable housing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Four and a half years into Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it is facing a desperate manpower shortage.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“That goes to show you just how desperate leaders are to show progress fighting organized crime,” says Benjamin Gedan, director of the Latin America Program at the Stimson Center, a Washington-based policy group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Of course, Na is toying with his audience’s show me anticipation, while plying his trademark humor about rural sensibilities and desperate needling behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Agh,” I cry, stumbling and freeing myself with a desperate swing of the akrafena.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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