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That’s where market behemoths, who have been feasting on small competitors for decades, begin to hungrily eye one another’s total addressable markets.

From Barron's Dec. 4, 2025

It’s packed with jagged guitar lines and fiery melodies that nip hungrily at your earlobes.

From BBC Oct. 6, 2024

During filming, Gandolfini hungrily eyed the onion rings on the table before him — but was not allowed to eat them until multiple takes had been completed.

From Seattle Times Mar. 5, 2024

It includes “The Ghost of a Flea,” Tate’s rarely loaned, murky miniature painting in dark tempera and gold on hardwood panel starring a monstrous, human-insect hybrid looking hungrily into a bucket of blood.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2023

I grab the bowl and lift it greedily to my mouth, drinking it so hungrily the water drips down my chin and on to my filthy shirt.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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