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yearn

[yurn] / yɜrn /


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Eventually, many travelers yearn to put down roots again.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

But one day, the excitement of the AI trade will come from plunges rather than melt-ups, and when that happens, you will yearn for boredom.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

He said he continued to pray for peace, diplomacy and the “well-being of peoples, who yearn for peaceful existence founded on justice,” according to a translated statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Yearning is their common language; they yearn alone and they yearn together.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

And it was lonely, to yearn so, all alone.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry




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