wanted
Britishadjective
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“About two months after his funeral, my stepmother called and said she wanted the money back.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Johanningmeier may soon get everything she’s wanted in music, but that won’t make fame any easier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
"I wanted to see and then hear a new vision of what tennis in their mind looks like - and how my tennis, in their mind, looks like," Zverev explained.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
For "Franc", who initiated the event, the mission was accomplished: "This is what we wanted, to come and show Senegalese culture, our pride. Wrestling, it's our sport," he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Most of all, he wanted to give him advice for his new life.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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