lust
noun
intense sexual desire or appetite.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, has been lusting after a Nobel Peace Prize — for what, for being a sports entrepreneur?
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2010