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hankering

noun as in strong desire

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Let’s hope he doesn’t get a hankering for a Best Actor Oscar, or he might sign an executive order mandating an “emergency” tax of $100 per movie ticket.

From Salon

There are people who have a hankering for high arches or for feet covered in lotion.

From Salon

He had always had a hankering after driving for Ferrari and he has a close relationship with their team boss Frederic Vasseur, which dates back 20 years to their time in the junior categories together.

From BBC

It's not clear any party is hankering after an early test of public opinion.

From BBC

Not that there is much hankering for the "halcyon" days of Tory levelling up.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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