most wanted

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In March, the market did experience a broadening many investors had foreseen, though not in the direction most wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

What they most wanted was their sovereignty and their land ownership respected.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

Oseguera was Mexico's most wanted man and was also sought by the United States, which had a $15 million bounty on him.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

One of the world’s most wanted criminals, rumors about El Mencho’s death and capture have circulated in the past and turned out to be false.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

And it was the varsity race that he most wanted to win.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown