ravenous
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The Ravenous Texas Steel Jaguarargers: This is what we’ll call the remnants of the AFC here, the 7-4 Chargers, the 6-4 Steelers and Jaguars, and the 5-5 Texans and Ravens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
Ravenous and desperate, two men jumped in to catch them, Dieye says.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023
Ravenous and not willing to waste a good outfit and the train fare, I walked across the street to Gotham Bar & Grill to try the new menu while reading my book.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2022
Ravenous, single-celled slime molds, meanwhile, appear to make decisions and solve problems in their quest for nutrition, which encourages us to rethink our understanding of what “thinking” is.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2021
Ravenous, they ate and drank, and for a while there was silence but for the crackle of the fire, the clink of goblets, and the sound of chewing.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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