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hunger

[huhng-ger] / ˈhʌŋ gər /


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South Korea’s trade data, seen as a bellwether of AI demand, show few signs that the hunger for chips is ebbing as a torrent of investment in AI infrastructure continues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Over time, boredom, anxiety or habit can trigger the urge even when the hunger has disappeared.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

In this dynamic, her feelings, including her own hunger cues, came last.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

It contains neural circuits that regulate hunger, which are among the systems influenced by weight-loss drugs such as semaglutide.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Whether it is from hunger, poison, or sickness, all I know is that I am miserable.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Huge questions for a party that used to dominate Scottish politics and hungers for a way back to power at Holyrood.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

No one hungers for the bad old days—the infamous “Ford to City: Drop Dead” headline ran just months before PS1 opened—but it’s hard not to be nostalgic for the art world of the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Ng’s and Wong’s bodies have both known hungers of many kinds, inheriting their ancestors’ “insatiable” appetites — for food and water, but also for connection.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2023

Yet, our nation hungers for their radical song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

And suddenly he was all appeal, full of kid hungers, his knees shaking.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Malcom McLean, a New Jersey commercial shipper who championed the new idea of prepacking cargo into big metal boxes, hungered for a Pentagon contract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

That added to a quasi “gold rush” among investors who understandably hungered for a piece of the action.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026

Enjoying heavy rotation on MTV on the wings of “Dancing with Myself” and “White Wedding,” his audience hungered for more.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024

But while she hungered for education, academic strictures rarely suited her, and her methods, ahead of their time, struck many university gatekeepers as too unorthodox.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2023

For he hungered to learn, to gain power.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

“Does this mean I get to work more?” she asks, hungering for starring roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

On top of that, investors hungering for a new CEO had hoped Cornell’s replacement would arrive from outside Target; instead, the board picked a 20-year company veteran.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025

“Mr. Kennedy is the one person who has the qualities that can bring about the unity that most Americans are hungering for,” Mr. Kucinich said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

It has also served as a watershed moment for the business-news landscape, making a group of internet influencers go-to sources for people hungering for news of FTX and SBF, as Bankman-Fried is known.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023

That’s what comes of hungering for something: You forget to check if it’s rotten before you gobble it down.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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