desire

It is going to be very tough, especially because Lionel Messi is in such amazing form and has shown everyone his ambition and desire.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The desire of the French government and companies to lead joint defense projects has sometimes spelled the plans’ demise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Washington has vehemently opposed Tehran's desire to charge tolls in the strait, which international law generally forbids.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

As someone who was a freelance writer for about a year, I can empathize with the desire to keep your life flexible while also feeling destabilized by the lack of structure.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

She rested frequently, having no desire to reach her destination, but she couldn’t postpone the journey any longer.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

To extricate itself, Unilever eventually transferred to the Israeli licensee the assets needed to sell Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in Israel and its territories—for as long as he desires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The oleaginous Bruno becomes both personification and executor of Guy’s desires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

"It's a story of someone who dared to dream, and I want people to take this example and motivate themselves to be very ambitious and to go for whatever their heart desires."

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

Seeing the accumulation of other people’s innermost desires in the trees — and given that the wishes are uncovered — lends the work an openness and accessibility that can be therapeutic, Loyer said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

His desires had moved to motorcycles and cars, but Lupita could see that the glamorous charro still held a place in his heart.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

Let cool on the baking sheet, then finish with a little flaky salt if desired.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

For everyday investors, the risk here is that diversifying away from the U.S. might not be having its desired effect.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Each time you open a pack of Pokémon cards, you don’t know what you’re going to get, maybe a low-rated Wishiwashi or a highly desired Charizard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

They then performed a mid-circuit quantum measurement on the internal state, causing the ion's motion to collapse into the desired superposition of nonclassical components.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026

These details did not help him, for the principle of their unity was undiscoverable, and he could not tell what he most passionately desired to know: whether his face was ugly or not.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Huckabee reportedly told embassy staff in an email there was "no need to panic, but for those desiring to leave, it's important to make plans to depart sooner rather than later".

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

The motivations for septuagenarian entrepreneurs include desiring autonomy, pursuing meaningful projects and addressing societal needs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

“Being pregnant, desiring pregnancy, and parenting your children does not absolve you from being at risk of criminalization,” Perritt told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024

Dueling with windmills or the bright moon, desiring Dulcinea, coming to his senses and dying are the Don’s business.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024

Elévée picked at the short sleeve of her school uniform, evidently not desiring to talk about fashion.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver