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greedily



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But the giant technology companies are now greedily raising as much money as they can from suckers — excuse me, investors — to keep spending on the AI arms race.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Nothing of that great regional upheaval greedily foretold by the prophets of Western decline.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

“May today’s sentencing deter anyone who seeks to greedily profit off their clients through deceitful practices,” Raia said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2025

They greedily eat the colony’s food, but shirk their own foraging duties, and can only hatch more parasites instead of workers when they reproduce.

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2023

I eye the bags of chips and boxes of candy greedily.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi




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