appetite
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However Finucane added that this can be "undone very quickly whenever there is a momentum and an appetite to reopen and pull and push and poke at some very, very difficult and deep wounds".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Unchecked real estate growth in Phoenix, and the appetite of California farmers for alfalfa -- a lucrative, highly water-intensive crop that feeds livestock -- are both sucking up resources.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Theater, in other words, that was creating a sense of belonging and not simply stoking an appetite for consuming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
We had no appetite for either extreme heat or cold, so we moved to a place where it’s springtime all the time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
I was eating with better appetite than I had had in ages when I noticed that a fourth course had appeared, with unobtrusive magic, at my elbow: mushrooms.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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It will be a reminder of what food media can offer when it chooses to nourish more than our appetites.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Williams said his staff were baking about 400 Welsh cakes a day to keep up with diners' appetites.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Still, for those with smaller appetites, the company now offers minidoughnuts, including Mother’s Day versions in May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“The Beast in Me” “Recent trends suggest this race might come down to voters’ appetites for bleak British miniseries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Then the scanty supply of food was distressing: with the keen appetites of growing children, we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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