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According to The Post, Sondland had envied some of his rich friends who’d been given ambassadorships in the past, and coveted one of his own.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2019

One of the writers told me later that the general prison population had envied the workshops and gone to the presentation with the intention of spoiling it.

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2010

He had envied the type's ease and style since childhood and continued in that envy when his father's death prevented him from realizing his first hope of heaven�a chance to go to Yale.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the past, we had envied our more financially blessed citizens for their expensive art objects.

From Time Magazine Archive

“He invited me to feel his biceps,” Churchill recalled, “saying that a famous prize-fighter had envied them. This was reassuring.”

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin