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covet

[kuhv-it] / ˈkʌv ɪt /


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The temperature was cool most of the year, without frost or heat, an environment that allows grapes to grow in abundance—and slowly develop the concentrated flavors that wine drinkers covet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Someone who, perhaps, did not covet the presidency as much as he did.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

The peaches my neighbors and I covet this time of year come from about three and a half hours north, in Chilton County — the peach capital of Alabama.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2025

But as they spent more time in the desert, they started to covet what he calls “the good stuff,” buying and accumulating more authentic pieces.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

You weren't raised to covet the path of others.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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