hunger
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The organisation and hunger in their press was compelling.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
There may be other contributory factors to any outbursts — including fatigue, lack of sleep, hunger, thirst, pain, infection, medications, bodily functions and irregular routines, among other many variables.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Panahi filmed the Palme d’Or-winning “It Was Just an Accident” clandestinely in Iran following his release from a seven-month stint in prison in 2023 after he declared a hunger strike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
In his third term he has overseen a drop in inflation and unemployment, and lifted millions out of hunger, but voters complain about a high cost of living and are fed up with crime.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
The economist Jeffrey Sachs, an expert on world hunger, visited Zanmi Lasante after reading the Lancet article.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Huge questions for a party that used to dominate Scottish politics and hungers for a way back to power at Holyrood.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
They are all citizens of winter, prey to the daily hungers of real life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ng’s and Wong’s bodies have both known hungers of many kinds, inheriting their ancestors’ “insatiable” appetites — for food and water, but also for connection.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
Yet, our nation hungers for their radical song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
It wasn’t her fault that she was good at taking care of herself and her hungers.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Malcom McLean, a New Jersey commercial shipper who championed the new idea of prepacking cargo into big metal boxes, hungered for a Pentagon contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
That added to a quasi “gold rush” among investors who understandably hungered for a piece of the action.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
Enjoying heavy rotation on MTV on the wings of “Dancing with Myself” and “White Wedding,” his audience hungered for more.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024
Their movement had hungered for this moment for years, but now, after Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Even in the dark, he hungered to see, and only after the fiercest fight to keep his eyes open did he fall asleep.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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Her own audience, primed to look for conspiracy theories in the wake of a high-profile murder, had been hungering for Owens to challenge the widely accepted version of events.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
“Mr. Kennedy is the one person who has the qualities that can bring about the unity that most Americans are hungering for,” Mr. Kucinich said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
And students are hungering to be back in the hustle and bustle of campus life, Brumbaugh added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
“The country is very volatile and hungering for change,” he said.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022
Actually, they were the Simple-Lifers, hungering after a life, which to those who lived it had probably appeared not so Simple, and who had been, therefore, Simple-Lifers themselves.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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