yearning
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"It is very difficult for the younger generation to find that kind of love. They are yearning for it, they seek it in films."
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
What’s more, research has long shown that globally engaged companies tend to create the good jobs at good wages for which so many Americans are yearning.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Our yearning to forget is superseded by our desire to understand why things are the way they are.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
All of this feeds into a broader identity crisis, with supporters yearning for a return to the early Abramovich era, but experiencing similar managerial turnover under the American ownership - without the same consistent success.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
But I was forbidden to go in, for all my yearning at the door.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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