desperation
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There, “Monarch” showed the behavior that modern science recognizes as desperation, and then depression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
There was desperation in the voice of the young Ethiopian man when he managed to get through to the BBC from a phone in his prison cell on death row in Saudi Arabia.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
That it happened reflects the desperation of many Moroccans to cross the border.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
She occasionally experiments with vocal dynamics, hoping to convey the desperation she finds herself in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
But if he’d perceived Clare’s desperation, if on some deep, subconscious level he’d felt the truth—that this mushroom was a living thing, precious to another soul—it did not change the boy’s intent.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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