hungered
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Malcom McLean, a New Jersey commercial shipper who championed the new idea of prepacking cargo into big metal boxes, hungered for a Pentagon contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
That added to a quasi “gold rush” among investors who understandably hungered for a piece of the action.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
But beneath the bravado lies a wounded child — the boy who yearned for approval, who hungered for his father’s love but never got it.
From Salon ● May 6, 2024
This was a powerful tonic for the mass of Chinese peasants, who hungered for land reform.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
For he hungered to learn, to gain power.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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