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hunger

[huhng-ger] / ˈhʌŋ gər /


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That changed after 28 June, when educationist and scientist Sonam Wangchuk began a hunger strike in CJP's support and Neha and a few others from Aisa also joined him.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Detainees and immigrant rights groups have increasingly challenged conditions at Adelanto in court and through protests such as hunger strikes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

An insatiable curiosity about the world and the principles by which it operates, a hunger to know the mysteries of nature and grasp the secrets of the cosmos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

That pattern suggests pacing may have been more strongly connected to familiar daily routines and the expectation of feeding than to hunger itself.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

The whale’s belly groaned with hunger, and he said, “I’d better chase down those squid before they go south too.”

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Huge questions for a party that used to dominate Scottish politics and hungers for a way back to power at Holyrood.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

They are all citizens of winter, prey to the daily hungers of real life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The series sticks with that impetus while expanding our view into the part of Ellie that hungers for family and true care.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2023

And while Schuyler’s novel says that Black America hungers to be white, Black Thought’s remix asserts the Black experience can be interrogated independent of whiteness.

From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022

Humans are caught—in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too—in a net of good and evil.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Malcom McLean, a New Jersey commercial shipper who championed the new idea of prepacking cargo into big metal boxes, hungered for a Pentagon contract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

That added to a quasi “gold rush” among investors who understandably hungered for a piece of the action.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026

Enjoying heavy rotation on MTV on the wings of “Dancing with Myself” and “White Wedding,” his audience hungered for more.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024

Tom was of course not a nincompoop, but a serious, thoughtful person who hungered to add substance to sketch comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

Dany hungered and thirsted with the rest of them.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

On top of that, investors hungering for a new CEO had hoped Cornell’s replacement would arrive from outside Target; instead, the board picked a 20-year company veteran.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025

It has also served as a watershed moment for the business-news landscape, making a group of internet influencers go-to sources for people hungering for news of FTX and SBF, as Bankman-Fried is known.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023

Any hoops fan hungering for a return to normal this March might have looked at the bracket when it finally came out and wondered what ever changed.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2022

The specter of a lockdown in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, sent jitters through European markets hungering for economic recovery and sales during the Christmas shopping season.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021

That’s what comes of hungering for something: You forget to check if it’s rotten before you gobble it down.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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