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Recent Examples of yearn
Such a process might appear wasteful and unnecessary to an impatient capitalist like Ramaswamy, who yearns only to relieve patients of their pain and suffering.
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Jeffery Vacante, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
That declaration resonates with Sherman, who said she’s long yearned to work for AHRQ, a small-budget agency with the big-mission task of helping make U.S. medical care better and safer.
—Michael L. Millenson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the men featured in Daughters aren’t reduced to their crimes or sentences, but are shown as fathers who have made mistakes yet still yearn to be present in their family’s lives.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
More than half of the total Sahrawi population remains stuck in refugee camps, yearning for a homeland that, by now, many young Sahrawis have never even set foot in.
—Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
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Jeffery Vacante, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
That declaration resonates with Sherman, who said she’s long yearned to work for AHRQ, a small-budget agency with the big-mission task of helping make U.S. medical care better and safer.
—Michael L. Millenson, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the men featured in Daughters aren’t reduced to their crimes or sentences, but are shown as fathers who have made mistakes yet still yearn to be present in their family’s lives.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
More than half of the total Sahrawi population remains stuck in refugee camps, yearning for a homeland that, by now, many young Sahrawis have never even set foot in.
—Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Yearn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yearn. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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