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ravenous

[rav-uh-nuhs] / ˈræv ə nəs /


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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, 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, even destructively toxic masculinity is hardly a new theme in Anderson’s oeuvre.

From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2018

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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