eager
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Iran's national football team was greeted Sunday in Mexico by a small group of supporters eager to give them a warm start to the World Cup, despite visa problems facing some staffers.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Gathered around him are a handful of coaches and more than a dozen teenage soccer players, eager to learn from a master.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
By 1865, with the war over, he was eager to try again.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Fifa has been eager to push fans to its own resale site.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
It was just a small wave, an eager nod, a slight scoot of his chair to make room for another—like he actually wanted me to take my bag and tray and cross the entire cafeteria.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Vocabulary lists containing eager
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 5
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