desperation
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Salon’s Sophia Tesfaye agrees, calling the self-evident desperation “excruciating”:
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
It was similar desperation that led to his job with the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Presumably, the same desperation was building inside the swarm and nobody at OpenAI noticed, because the tools to monitor it barely exist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
"I have come here looking for my son," said Kalka Sharda, scanning the list in desperation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
There was nothing accidental about a wretched road, or an overcrowded tap-tap with bad brakes, or the desperation of peasant women needing to sell something at market in order to feed their families that night.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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