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yearningly

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dearly
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Which brings me to Pine’s latest, “The Contractor,” a thriller that yearningly evokes the Bourne series while never approaching its level.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2022

The earlier 1990s records had been more yearningly odd and exploratory, but the five Magnetic Fields albums that followed 69 Love Songs inevitably fell under its elongated shadow.

From Slate Mar. 8, 2017

She vomited that news out, mockingly, yearningly, with a shrug or with a finger pointed at the audience.

From The New Yorker Feb. 16, 2015

Exhibitions and installations by international stars round out the permanent collection, which includes Anselm Kiefer’s yearningly beautiful Seven Heavenly Palaces, produced for the 2004 opening.

From Forbes Sep. 20, 2014

I stared yearningly at the locked doors on either side of us; I could not remember behind which ones my sisters had disappeared.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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