covet

All this puts it at the heart of Chinese and US economic interests and they actively covet it.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

For months, they’ve been signaling as if with a searchlight how much they covet the 6-foot-11 Greek forward.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

That has allowed the show to meet younger people where they are and to stay relevant with viewers in the 18-to-34 age bracket that advertisers covet.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

But Guardiola has often seemed to covet the Champions League above all else and there will likely be frustration that the competition has brought him more anguish than joy in the past 10 years.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

Don't ever covet their use of the arcana.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Donald Trump has made clear he covets Greenland.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026

Or, according to an erratic transactional logic in which force would no longer serve freedom but replace it, an allied nation: Denmark, whose Greenland he covets?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government covets Chinese investment to spur a struggling economy and is pondering a request from Beijing to build a controversial new embassy building in London.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

Though she covets the comfort of home, Lynn knows she’ll be returning to something of a “Twilight Zone,” revisiting a landscape that is both familiar and permanently altered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2025

She sighs like I'm bothering her and it's an imposition for her to tell me, but I know she covets the attention.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Now she’s in the mix for a coveted best new artist nod at the Grammys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Beyond the apartment itself, its coveted downtown location places its next owner within easy reach of some of Manhattan’s best-known neighborhoods and attractions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Other winners of the coveted US TV awards included Jean Smart, Allison Janney and Stephen Colbert, while there was an emotional tribute to Dolly Parton and a special humanitarian award for Michael J Fox.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Wealthy South Koreans are another group of coveted tourists for Mallorcan businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

She coveted it and plucked at it whenever she could.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

Now he is vying for votes in a military-managed poll starting on Sunday, coveting the former seat of the country's best known political prisoner -- Aung San Suu Kyi.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

She recalls coveting a particular 1960s-inspired trouser suit as a teenager.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024

Flipping channels, you might find Mr. Kelce baring his arm for a Pfizer Covid-19 shot, Mr. Mahomes hollering in support of a State Farm promotion or Mr. Reid coveting some chicken “nuggies.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

She attended the Met Gala — an invitation some people spend years coveting — and now sits front row at the fashion shows, performing at after-parties on hotel bars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

They looked a long time in Lee’s window coveting the pliers, the hack saws, the engineers’ caps and the bananas.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck