hungry
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By shopping around, savers may find better rates from banks that are hungry for deposits in a Fed hike.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Once, she was hours late and the pigs were hungry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
These were not first responders, but they kept the city running by doing things like making sure hungry people got their food stamps.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
He never felt at home anywhere and was sometimes hungry and neglected.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
I do believe that dog was at least as hungry as I was.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
This means we all respond differently to exercise in terms of how many calories we burn or whether a workout makes us feel hungrier later in the day.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Not only do sugar spikes contribute to the long-term development of metabolic disease, it can also leave you hungrier by midmorning than if you had eaten nothing at all.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
The Gunners boss said Arsenal are "hungrier than ever" and that the defeats do not change the importance of the last-eight match against Sporting.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
The staffing shortage meant her wait ended up being much longer—and hungrier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
The dogs were shedding their winter coats, whining and restless to be off the ship again, and growing hungrier every day.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
By all rights, Chief Executive Robert Davis should be the hungriest shopper in the aisle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
New Jersey is home to some of the wealthiest zip codes in the country — and some of the hungriest.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2025
“I’ve said it a couple times this spring so far, but I think this is the hungriest team I’ve ever had in spring training,” Servais said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
“Four out of 5 of the hungriest people anywhere in the world are in Gaza,” U.N.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
The hungriest of spirits or worse could slip through.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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