as in to crave
to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy
voters hungering for honest and upright leadership
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The age of white-washed, super scant, and industrial spaces are behind us—designers are craving excitement, color, life, stories within interior design.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
25 May 2025 -
The entire ending of the game was wild, and now people are craving more drama from this series.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Typically, managers want players on the pitch — and players generally want to play.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Leslie Cooley Dismukes, the new leader of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, wants North Carolina to get closer to the Mandela Rules, named after the late South African president Nelson Mandela.—
Gavin Off,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
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“Hunger (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunger%20%28for%29. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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