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hunger

[huhng-ger] / ˈhʌŋ gər /


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A famine in the mid-1990s killed hundreds of thousands of people, and reports indicate that the Covid-19 pandemic also pushed many into extreme hunger.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

There is no hunger from any Chelsea player currently on the pitch.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Anthropic is turning to Amazon.com as it looks to satisfy its hunger for artificial-intelligence compute power, and that’s good news for suppliers to the tech giant’s chip ecosystem.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

One can readily sense the intellectual hostility to middlebrow culture, which in England dated back before the existence of a large and prosperous middle class with a hunger for culture.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Even though the emptiness in Nathan’s stomach made his tummy growl, a new emptiness had formed in his chest, and it overwhelmed his hunger.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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