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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
lust .
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Examples
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I know that Zbukov immediately contacted Stalin directly with a request that be involve himself in the fate of the American pilots, who as he understood, were lusted from the very beginning as having perished But neither Stalin nor his underlings responded to the disgraced marshal.
FULL downloadable PDF file is available from the DPMO Website 2007
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His public actions and statements on racial issues have always been above reproach but just as he "lusted" in his heart perhaps there are other things in his heart too.
Carter again cites racism as factor in Obama's treatment 2009
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They should have rejoiced with their blessings and not lusted after the one thing they could not have -- the forbidden fruit.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Deception And Desire: An Overview Of Genesis Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012
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Still, I think the figures bear out that these books appropriately belonged on a lusted for list.
A Progressive on the Prairie » The year in books — by the numbers » Print 2010
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What he actually said in French was how much he lusted after him in all his positions.
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They should have rejoiced with their blessings and not lusted after the one thing they could not have -- the forbidden fruit.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Deception And Desire: An Overview Of Genesis Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012
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The two men imitated the facial tics of the mayor of their small town, talked about the widow they had both lusted after when they were teenagers, described the little store on the corner where they pocketed candy because their allowance did not cover the price of pears from Iran.
September 17 , 2004 Iddhis Bing 2012
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Still, I think the figures bear out that these books appropriately belonged on a lusted for list.
The year in books — by the numbers « A Progressive on the Prairie 2010
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After occupying Naples, Clark demanded more intelligence on the Eternal City, the next prize he lusted.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Nothing to do with the fact that firefighters are lusted over much more than police officers.
Theodore Dalrymple – Second Opinion « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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