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But the 2013 effort reflected a long-term Republican effort to cut food assistance programs for America’s neediest families.

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Keeping their image for integrity intact in this world of greedy and needy players and voracious gamblers is only going to get harder.

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Hedda is the life of the party but also its complicated, needy heart and soul.

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The school district distributed millions of meals to needy families and then, as campuses reopened, worked to upgrade air filtration systems inside schools.

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My house is pretty needy—nagging about weeds, hinting it wants a pergola.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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