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And you can expect more such details to surface as we finally get the Succession epilogue its fans have pined for, with a Tom Wambsgans type in charge.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

Fed officials like Chair Jerome Powell have pined openly for a return to the rising participation trend that took hold late in the economic expansion that was upended by the pandemic.

From Reuters • Jul. 8, 2022

Some of us have pined for one because we want a high-end TV that can fit in a small space or that won’t dominate a living room.

From The Verge • Jan. 7, 2022

All the years you have pined away - in the gym, sleepless nights.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2021

I have pined for it there 's no other word these three years.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James