as in desire
sexual appetite
a story about a detective with a nose for crime and a lech for women
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New York City’s fiscal year starts on July 1, Wednesday, and Mayor Mamdani must continue to resist the City Council’s desire to expand CityFHEPS housing vouchers.
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Trump-administration officials have made no secret of their desire to purge the United States of nonwhite immigrants.
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The real-life Space Camp at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, was a dream destination for any kid with an interest in science, math, and space exploration — the ultimate trip for tweens and teens with a passion for science and technology.
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Maybe World Cup visitors' passion for America's favorite condiment has reawakened some national pride here.
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Exploding The Weeknd’s shivery lust with the guttural churn of Deftones, this is toxic codependency music, the perfect soundtrack for Obsession if the movie were more tasteless.
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Politicians are still destroying the peace just for their own power lust.
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Side effects include nausea, dizziness, numbness, dumbness, Dementias, deletions, leeches, letches, hexes, hoaxes, hocus-pocuses, And, if there is justice, spiritual, moral, federal, state, & local charges.
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Men who preyed on younger women were called letches, cradle-robbers, dogs.
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“Lech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lech. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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