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“I’m dying to get on it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Van Der Beek communicates an unmistakable feeling that there is a good person somewhere inside his character, dying to break free of the tortured fate his monstrous doppelganger has created for him.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2026

“I say the things that they are dying to hear from their parents,” Ginette says.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 13, 2025

The 60-year-old said he was "dying to show" it to his three children.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2025

Koko, still blind, still stuck in her chair, was dying to know what was happening.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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