desperately
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Desperately needed humanitarian aid is entering the enclave; a key border crossing has opened for medical evacuations.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025
“The way people do it for Taylor Swift, that’s how I’ve been with the Bicillin shortage. Desperately checking the websites to see what I can snag.”
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2024
Desperately unhappy people are rarely a laugh a minute.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023
Shrayana Bhattacharya, author of a book called Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh Khan, says the star's fans will "never reduce him to religion or political calculations".
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2023
Desperately hungry, he jumped toward her, spread his wings, and was sailing like a paper airplane toward the ground.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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