desperate
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The two share an inquisitive and child-like energy, turning heavy conversations about growing up broke, the solitude of incarceration, and desperate cries for attention, into something remarkably light.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
A sluggish residential real-estate market has driven desperate homeowners to ask strangers on the internet for their input.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
As a recently fledged bird hops around on the ground, unfamiliar choughs swoop down and gently herd it away to join them—that’s how desperate these birds are for helpers.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
Things have become so desperate some mothers have suggested they'd allow their children to go home without them – though Rifi says that's an unthinkable solution.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
But through it all, Clare swore he heard the desperate call of his friend.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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