desire
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There is, in the West and throughout the world, a powerful desire for defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Wednesday’s hearing made clear there is also a bipartisan desire in the upper chamber of Congress to crack down on the platforms.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
I assumed nostalgia was fueling the desire to give these Golden Age musicals a makeover.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Such was the desire to get the deal done and announce it while Arsenal were on tour in Asia, his medical was reviewed while he was on the flight to Singapore.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
"To their own personal afterlives, I suspect. Whatever was deepest in their hearts' desire, whether they knew it or not. What else could heaven be, Sik?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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