dying to
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In a phone interview with the BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith, Trump said Iran is "dying to make a deal", adding his stance "seems to be working very well".
From BBC • Apr. 23, 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
These are the questions looming in the air that, as an investigator, as a prosecutor, you would be dying to ask her, but Blanche did not ask her.
From Slate • Nov. 24, 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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