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The French—and, later, Anglo (Wilde, Beardsley, Rossetti)—attitude, mannered and morbid, was perhaps too Old World, at odds with our cheerful, Protestant rapacity.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026 -
Unlike the specialized literary magazine and its informal cousin, the literary blog, the general-interest newspaper has a kind of noble rapacity, an encyclopedic ambition to wrap its arms around the whole of the world.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests.—
Gennaro Tomma,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2024
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Obviously though, this voracity for Sonnys doesn’t happen in a vacuum.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
8 July 2024
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That voraciousness informs her work, her choices, and her understanding of character.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
21 Nov. 2025
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Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Consisting of jamesjamesjames, Varg²™, Eurohead, and Skarp, the outfit nakedly endeavors to reappraise the richly earnest sounds of 2010s Swedish EDM, known for its pointillistic, high-octave melodies and counterpoints that, at their best, imbue big-room propulsion with butterflies in the stomach.—
Nathan Evans,
Pitchfork,
12 May 2026
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Instead, the chatbot said to check back in an hour if his stomach was still hurting.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
12 May 2026
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For example, dopamine is crucial to link motivation about hunger to obtaining food.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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In an effort to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness, Hands Across America attempted to link people hand-in-hand from coast to coast, each participant being encouraged to make a donation.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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But rescue organizations that seized hundreds of domestic and farm animals from the property this month painted a different picture of the operation — one where animals suffered from severe neglect, malnutrition, emaciation, untreated open wounds and contagious infections.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Learning about seal malnutrition has been sobering.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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At the International Bird Rescue Center in Fairfield, staff are caring for about 20 pelicans suffering from starvation, while nearly 50 more are receiving treatment at the organization’s Southern California hospital in San Pedro, according to local news stations KCRA.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Within weeks, McCandless was dead from starvation, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most iconic and polarizing figureheads of modern adventuring.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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“Ravenousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenousness. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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