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Brazil famously lost, 7-1, to Germany in the 2014 World Cup, of which it was the host team, and has been thirsting for revenge ever since.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 8, 2018

This gives that satisfaction to the mind for which it has been thirsting.

From Essays of Schopenhauer by Schopenhauer, Arthur