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desires

noun as in request

verb as in ask, request

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Far more common in the religious right is a belief that men are incapable of controlling their desires.

From Salon

Kapadia includes a tender love scene between the two, a moment she sees as “everything in support of romance and this girl’s desires — and also freedom.”

She said "he had a penchant for touching and spying on young adolescent boys and his desires were easily satisfied because of the positions he held".

From BBC

These frictions have intensified in an age when lone-wolf gunmen, driven by racist manifestos and desires for publicity, have attacked shopping centers, supermarkets and schools.

News consumers may complain about the shallow coverage, but their clicks and ratings reveal their desires.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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