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Noun
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Writers write from compulsion, from necessity.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026 -
Alcaraz is aware of the public compulsion to analyze his looks.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Over time, healthy diet changes can reduce cravings.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
11 June 2026
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Here are some of our other favorite recipes that will satisfy any craving.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
Noun
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After all, romantic comedies aren’t about the beauty and dynamics of love so much as the fizzy allure of lust and infatuation.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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This is not a dynamic unique to infatuation or early-stage novelty.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Rationality lurks in theology from the beginning, just as philosophy never shakes off its yearning for the metaphysical.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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The Canadian Football League has been providing die-hard pigskin enthusiasts with an early fix for their football yearnings each summer for decades.—
Juan Carlos Blanco,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2026
Noun
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This thirst for collaborative discovery also led Tao to do a lot of his work in public.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 June 2026
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The old include the obvious (Louis) and less obvious (a one-of-a-kind musical origin story), but the new arrives in the form of the mysterious Gabriella (Jennifer Ehle), Lestat’s undead mother whose thirst for blood ranks a distant second to her nymphomania.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 June 2026
Noun
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The two of them sit watching the four of us with grim fascination, as if at a public hearing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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That recurring fascination stands out partly because Spielberg has never been a filmmaker who stays in one lane.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The support for the new Sharaa government, and often angry or excessive reactions on social media to any form of dissent or criticism, is not a longing for authoritarian rule.—
Hassan Hassan,
Time,
8 Dec. 2025
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Shane writes and deletes one longing text message about kissing.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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These plays all scratch the same exact itch of, say, watching Bachelorette hunks get hooked up to a lie detector or watching Mike White whine about the lack of fine cuisine on Survivor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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From the perspectives of both the PGA Tour and the diehard fans who closely follow the sport, the new-look TPC Craig Ranch did not even begin to scratch any type of itch.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
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“Cacoëthes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caco%C3%ABthes. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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