hungry
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She told hospital staff she was hungry and had not eaten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
But when hungry men were too weak to work, and no seed was available to plant, she concluded that “the reasonable and large-minded political economist would allow that exigencies require exceptions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
You get there, you get hungry, you go again.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The government complained that hungry sharks are eating too much Atlantic cod and Greenland halibut, cutting into what humans can bring home and damaging their gear.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Meanwhile, the rejected taco is getting cold, and I’m hungry.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Not only do sugar spikes contribute to the long-term development of metabolic disease, it can also leave you hungrier by midmorning than if you had eaten nothing at all.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
Overall, the findings show that animals do not simply become hungrier when nutrients are missing.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026
He and two of his closest allies, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Transport Minister János Lázár, struggled to keep pace with their younger and hungrier opponent as they toured the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
"But I don't want them to think that they're going to be hungrier than us. We have to demonstrate back our own mindset."
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
As we grow hungrier, more and more men become ill.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
By all rights, Chief Executive Robert Davis should be the hungriest shopper in the aisle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“I’ve said it a couple times this spring so far, but I think this is the hungriest team I’ve ever had in spring training,” Servais said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
“Four out of 5 of the hungriest people anywhere in the world are in Gaza,” U.N.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
“Professor, you wrote so much about takeout,” my hungriest pupil pushed back, “What’s the deal? You against it now?”
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2023
To avoid the woman she had to tiptoe down the hall like a mouse trying to escape the hungriest of cats.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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