hungry
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"If they're hungry, they'll eat. I don't force them to because I think that can instil pressure," says Doone, from London.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Maybe it’s lower lighting, good hand soap in the bathroom or a beautiful bread course placed on the table before anyone has had time to wonder whether they are hungry.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The streamer has notched hit after hit by tapping in to the fervent, rapidly growing audience of young adults hungry for coming-of-age love stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The unique conditions the process demanded -- pumping saltwater in and out to maintain a shallow depth -- were also the perfect environment for hungry wading birds.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
“I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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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
The Gunners boss said Arsenal are "hungrier than ever" and that the defeats do not change the importance of the last-eight match against Sporting.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
Djokovic grew up in war-torn Serbia and has spoken about how his turbulent childhood made him hungrier for success.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
I shove everything into my mouth at once with both hands, licking my fingers deliciously.Yet the more I eat the hungrier I become.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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“All of us, from the wealthiest and most powerful of men to the weakest and hungriest of children, share one precious possession: the name American.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
In war-torn Gaza, he said, no one has enough to eat and the tiny strip accounts for 80% of the 700,000 hungriest people in the world.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 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
As K-pop was broadening its global ambitions in the late 2000s and early 2010s, it was also expanding its appetite, becoming the hungriest pop music scene on the planet.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
The hungriest of spirits or worse could slip through.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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