as in craved
to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy
people have always been sighing for the "good old days"
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Las Vegas has desperately been looking for its long-term signal-caller, and Mendoza provides the consistency and professionalism that the Raiders have craved for decades at the position.—
Nick Harris
April 20,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
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This was the early breakthrough that Liverpool craved, an opportunity to shake PSG’s belief and to send the home supporters into a frenzy in a stadium that had been a cauldron of noise since kick-off.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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At Yale University, a committee of professors wanted to know why public trust in higher education had collapsed.—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Phil is a hippie from Montana who wanted to embrace his Zen side and his love of Native American history.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Sighed (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sighed%20%28for%29. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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