desperation
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We wanted to really show how that survival instinct, the desperation, is starting to come for everyone.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
But what’s extra notable about the sputtering tech partnerships of the 2020s is how baldly they smack of desperation.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
"I rang in desperation again to the ambulance service, but was told they didn't know when they could get an ambulance out."
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
But when it’s a coach who’s won more than anyone, carrying a 38-0 record and a 54-game win streak, it sounded like desperation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
In desperation, he called the Times Boston bureau chief, asking him to hurry to the copy shop with six hundred dollars in cash.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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