desperation
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Once you really feel that in your bones, then it’s almost like the right doors and the right people start coming in, because you’re sitting in a place of power, not a place of desperation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The 32-year-old, who lives with chronic pain, felt there was no alternative but to pay £20,000 for the endometriosis treatment she needed, out of frustration and desperation.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Salon’s Sophia Tesfaye agrees, calling the self-evident desperation “excruciating”:
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
A failed fourth-down attempt for USC would all but end it, as Maiava’s desperation pass was swatted away, along with the Trojans’ hopes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
I will always remember my father in this moment, the potency of him, and the desperation.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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