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yearning

[yur-ning] / ˈyɜr nɪŋ /


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Young people are wearing wired headphones and yearning for an analog time they never got to experience.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Our yearning to forget is superseded by our desire to understand why things are the way they are.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

In chat messages presented by federal prosecutors, the Gulf War veteran expressed a yearning to fly again, watching fighter-pilot videos on YouTube and “Top Gun: Maverick.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

All of this feeds into a broader identity crisis, with supporters yearning for a return to the early Abramovich era, but experiencing similar managerial turnover under the American ownership - without the same consistent success.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

True, they were ill fed and ill equipped, suffering from low morale and yearning to return home to their families and farms in time for spring planting.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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