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But it’s also a story about, say, how a creature’s loneliness might make him greedy and petulant, and how sometimes the best solution is to feed someone’s heart as opposed to their impulses.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

As day breaks over Wimbledon tennis club, Rufus the hawk is poised, ready to protect the world-famous immaculate grass courts from flocks of greedy pigeons foraging for seeds.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

The tricky part is guiding your parent to make sound decisions without coming across as greedy.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Here, she discusses greedy women, cold mothers and her own tradwife impulses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

“They are like greedy children. Nothing will ever please them for long,” said Deydey.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

“True to form, more than half is still in its wrapper, hidden from greedy hands and greedier palates, one end neatly cut away as if by the hand of a fantastically skilled mohel.”

From New York Times ● May 25, 2020

And now, they have just become greedier and don’t know where to stop.”

From Fox News ● Dec. 8, 2018

Those like Silver who reached the pinnacle of power get even greedier.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2018

But their attempt to capture QED in Seattle had been brazen, and it had nearly succeeded: A greedier owner would have taken the money rather than write to his cousin at the CIA.

From MSNBC ● Nov. 7, 2017

I am getting greedier and greedier with the thought that two of us can bring home more corn than Kim can by himself.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Only the greediest dullards seem to have kept their focus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

The wiliest or greediest adult children have their eye on the main prize: real estate.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025

“We have so much land, so much resource, but we must be one of the greediest countries out there.”

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024

“They’ve just chosen the greediest path. … If they took a little bit less money but emphasized Facebook in the way they apply algorithms, they could help save lives.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021

Whose whims had been taken seriously by adults and who grew up to be the stingiest, greediest people on earth and out of their stinginess grew their stingy little love that ate everything in sight.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison