pine for
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"So yeah, I do definitely pine for those non-digital, in-person experiences, and I envy my parents for having them."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Some people pine for the past, when Russian crude flowed freely, she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
By contrast, logistics is pretty mundane; the big contractors don’t pine for contracts to build oiler ships, cranes, or commissaries.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The closures have walloped timber growers, especially in the South, where landowners ranging from Weyerhaeuser, with its vast loblolly plantations, to families with 40-acre woodlots raise pine for the forest-products industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
My drawing takes shape under my hand: lemon for the stars, cream for the moon, pine for the trees along the fence, charcoal gray for the darkened windows, all but one.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
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