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longing

[lawng-ing, long-] / ˈlɔŋ ɪŋ, ˈlɒŋ- /




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The only way through this marital disconnect and fear of and longing for retirement is through the figures.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The longing is what makes life beautiful and also impossible.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

"The nation unites on this day in the longing for our dear ones," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faced calls from protesters for an independent state inquiry into security failures that day.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

But as my confinement continued, even through my longing to be home, I felt an indisputable change that could only be tied to the lack of a smartphone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

And it was there, watching them, that the longing finally stirred in me to make friends with the water, and to move with it in effortless harmony, like they did.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

His voice - bruised, buttery and intimate - has been an inescapable undercurrent of Bollywood, narrating heartbreaks, longings and reconciliations for millions for more than a decade.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

But if there were any chance of changing my mind and taking the plunge, watching “Welcome to Derry” has permanently exorcised any phantom longings.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

The setting is still a Swiss alpine hamlet, but the villagers are all members of some puritanical sect and its sleepwalking heroine, Amina, has longings that transcend its limits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

Despite the yearnings and longings that contribute to Lord Huron’s haunted Americana sound, Schneider is glad to live in this moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

His longings would have been familiar to W. E. B. Du Bois, who, when he was almost exactly Fuller’s age, had written in his diary: I rejoice as a strong man to run a race.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson


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