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are hungering

  • present progressive of hunger.

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And students are hungering to be back in the hustle and bustle of campus life, Brumbaugh added.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2022

People are hungering for public figures who present a face of decency.

From Salon Jan. 25, 2021

As tens of millions of Americans await their turn for a shot, many are hungering for details about what to expect.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2020

Bishop Roy Campbell, the auxiliary bishop of Washington, said that he has found that parishioners are hungering for African American leadership in the Catholic Church.

From Washington Post May 20, 2019

Most of them have no particular religious convictions, but all have an intellectual turn and are hungering for something to satisfy it.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd