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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raring
Adjective
  • Both backs seemed excited about employing more pony looks.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • He could also be seen nodding his approval after the dance — and earning a thunderous round of excited shouts from the audience.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Curry also remembered the future president being very eager for his then-girlfriend, Marla Maples, to be introduced to the film's director, Chris Columbus.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Showgirl was introduced as an album that gives fans a look behind the Eras Tour curtain, so attendees of that tour were eager to not just relive the magic but learn more about Taylor’s thought processes during such a whirlwind time of her career.
    Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Schmidt's presence courtside -- always adorned in the team's maroon and gold colors -- and her enthusiastic cheering on of the team drew attention from fans and national broadcasters.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The answer is an enthusiastic yes.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • According to concerned parents, Henrikson was an avid supporter of fellow 6th-grade teacher Jeanine Rupert, who was reassigned by the district following an incident towards the end of the previous school year.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In 2006, Clendenen — an avid runner and reader in her down time — joined the San Diego Police Department with an interest in investigations.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Yair's release in February 2025 brought relief to the family, but left them deeply anxious for Eitan.
    Itay Stern, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Limburg said the program is designed to reach people who have not been screened because of lack of medical access or transportation barriers − as well as those who are anxious or fearful over getting a colonoscopy.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But scientists are keen to better understand them, as this super-polluting gas traps around 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide in its first 20 years in the atmosphere.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Others, however, aren’t as keen on the idea of taking less pay just to work from their couches.
    Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The sensational turn in the case fueled breathless news coverage as the public became hungry for any revelation about the brothers’ motives or the dark secrets that had been festering inside the Menendez family home.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • This familiar restaurant is a magnet for hungry thru hikers passing through town since it’s located directly on the Appalachian Trail.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Raring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raring. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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