impatience
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As their impatience grows, the window for Odysseus to reclaim his kingdom and restore a crumbling world to Zeus’ law — essentially open-hearted hospitality and treating others as you’d be treated — is closing.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
However, there is no escaping the impatience with England's results and the crisis-to-crisis reputation the game is struggling to shake.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
The gathering reflects mounting impatience with the slow pace of global negotiations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
But she faces growing impatience from Venezuelans struggling to pay for food, medicine and other basics.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
He had never before felt so self-consciously young, nor experienced such appetite, such impatience for the story to begin.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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