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pining

[pahy-ning] / ˈpaɪ nɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
languishing
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ADJECTIVE
lovesick
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ADJECTIVE
wishing
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Investors have been pining to own SpaceX for years.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

“I’m pining so badly,” he later implored, “I could throw myself down on the ground before you!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Their plight at the hugely unpopular and vast former athletics track is well documented, with fans pining for Upton Park's intimidating atmosphere.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

There’s no evidence that this generation intends to make pining their only romantic activity; it’s more that they are very content, at the moment, to luxuriate in the many conduits for yearning available to them.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

“I am not interested,” she told them, and even as she said it, she hoped that it would not get back to Odenigbo because she did not want him to think she was pining.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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