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A universal issue for so many people is coveting what they don't have or imagining that what someone else has, it would be a happier existence.

From Salon • May 9, 2023

He possesses everything that the rest of the world is coveting.

From The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Erckmann-Chatrian

But she is coveting her little brother’s playthings besides, and seems cross because she cannot have his horse and stable, and little cart.

From Child-Land Picture-Pages for the Little Ones by Richter, M.