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That’s where market behemoths, who have been feasting on small competitors for decades, begin to hungrily eye one another’s total addressable markets.

From Barron's ● Dec. 4, 2025

It’s packed with jagged guitar lines and fiery melodies that nip hungrily at your earlobes.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2024

We begin by gliding into a mock aquarium with a shark-eating mosasaurus looking hungrily at us tourists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

During filming, Gandolfini hungrily eyed the onion rings on the table before him — but was not allowed to eat them until multiple takes had been completed.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

It was a joint of smoked goat and he was soon gnawing at it—not very hungrily because he was still fairly full of quail.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks


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