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- verb Present participle of
hunger .
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Examples
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Did all of those "hungering" for a real liberal decide that if they can't have a real liberal, they'd rather have warmongering conservative?
Choice Of Biden Signals Vigorous Debate With GOP On Foreign Policy, But There Are Risks 2009
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But I came here with the belief that this country, the people, were kind of hungering for a-- I'll call it a spiritual revival.
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As the ferocity of brutes is occasioned by hunger, so is that of man by "hungering" after the coveted enjoyments of life, and in proportion as this appetite is appeased, so is his courage decreased.
The King's Own Frederick Marryat 1820
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Obv i have tried to get most of the pvp talents such as hungering cold, chilblanes etc.
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No doubt, as well, favored terms were being offered them to enter the World Trade Organization, which Russia was hungering to enter; but by itself, this cannot explain it.
Robert Eisenman: Ultimatums Work -- Sarkozy and Cameron Intervene Robert Eisenman 2011
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Republicans hungering for a strong social-conservative alternative to Mr. Romney concede that South Carolina may be their last chance to identify one.
Multifront Attack Awaits Romney in New Hampshire Neil King Jr. 2012
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But still, I was unprepared for what I did encounter: Michelle Obama recounting her life as if she were an old stevedore hungering for the long-lost neighborhood of yore.
American Girl 2009
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I'm discharging an obligation, rather than hungering to really connect with God.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Excerpt: 10 Conversations You Need to Have With Yourself: A Powerful Plan for Spiritual Growth and Self-Improvement Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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No doubt, as well, favored terms were being offered them to enter the World Trade Organization, which Russia was hungering to enter; but by itself, this cannot explain it.
Robert Eisenman: Ultimatums Work -- Sarkozy and Cameron Intervene Robert Eisenman 2011
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No doubt, as well, favored terms were being offered them to enter the World Trade Organization, which Russia was hungering to enter; but by itself, this cannot explain it.
Robert Eisenman: Ultimatums Work -- Sarkozy and Cameron Intervene Robert Eisenman 2011
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