hungry
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He later recalled walking miles to save bus fares and often going to bed hungry.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
All Wall Street needs to sell SpaceX stock to a hungry public is a semi-plausible narrative.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
The meal wasn’t as good as the pizza I had for just a handful of euros, and I went back to the pizzeria, hungry for more.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
Hasina Bibi clutched her hungry four-year-old daughter as she waited at an India-Bangladesh border post, trying to leave as fears grow of an Indian crackdown on undocumented migrants.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
He was hungry, and still damp, and his whole body ached with exhaustion.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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