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If you’re having regular conversations about City Hall with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, we’re dying to know:

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

Ever since, there’s been a 2-inch region of skin that appears as though it’s just dying to move from left cheek to right, pushing the boundary of the crack along with it.

From Slate Feb. 22, 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

I had some gossip I was dying to tell them—something about one of the newcomers—and so for a while it was just me blabbing on while they nodded and asked the odd question.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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