hungry
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"Over the summer I rested, I recharged and, yeah, I'm ready and I'm hungry," Palmer, who is now just two goals away from 50 in the Premier League, told Sky Sports.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
And Donovan - the teenager in Alistair Johnston's terrain - was hungry and effective.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Supporters say the laxer regime could encourage more companies to go public; investors, hungry for data on corporate performance, oppose less-frequent reporting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Set in Hawaii, “Ghost Market” will follow a young content creator named Kyle who encounters hungry ghosts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
She would stand there looking down at him, and she would say, "Are you hungry again?" in an amazed voice.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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
Overall, the findings show that animals do not simply become hungrier when nutrients are missing.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 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
Djokovic grew up in war-torn Serbia and has spoken about how his turbulent childhood made him hungrier for success.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
Nothing makes me hungrier than people talking about food, and my stomach is already growling like it belongs in a cage.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
By all rights, Chief Executive Robert Davis should be the hungriest shopper in the aisle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
If we know we are no longer sending our best players out against the world, can we at least go back to sending our hungriest?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
I rejected meatloaf when I was at my hungriest, sealed my lips shut when my mother tried to shove it in my toddler mouth back in the 80s.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2023
“The only list you’ll find me on is the hungriest customer list,” Kelce responded.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
To avoid the woman she had to tiptoe down the hall like a mouse trying to escape the hungriest of cats.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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