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hungry

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The long list of big pharma companies approaching patent expirations are hungry for acquisitions.

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Could not our labors be put to better use if we were assigned to grow crops and feed the hungry people of Egypt?

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They want people to go hungry so that Democrats will break, and it worked.

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The second half of the musical recaps what happens when the super rich face ruin — ruin not in the sense of going hungry but of having to stop buying luxury goods in bulk.

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If I’m struggling to lift a stroller up the stairs, or I’m juggling a crying baby and a hungry toddler, there is always someone there to offer me a hand.

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

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