itching for
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Nearly every summer, Tove Lo finds herself itching for a change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
But in her public statements, the governor argues that most of the blame for the violence belongs to ICE—instead of the protesters who came to Newark itching for a fight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
On this week’s Slate Plus exclusive, Timothée Chalamet enters the pas de deux between an Oscar-nominated actor and a public itching for a villain.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
And while both sides seem to be itching for a fight, there's no telling when, or how, this fight will end.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
Carter had been waiting for a moment like this for months, his hands itching for action in the storage room instead of sitting there week by week as Archie played his little cat-and- mouse games.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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