wanted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Following the publication of Michael Lewis’s seminal 2003 book about Beane and the A’s, corporate leaders around the country wanted to know how to bring “Moneyball” to their industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
It moves around and we just thought it looked better with all the red, but I wanted to hear what the sound was like when they were not on the stage too.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
In July 2025, Cherry Vann became the first female and first LGBT+ Archbishop of Wales, and said the wanted the Church in Wales to represent the "diversity around the world and in our communities".
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
"We wanted to raise the warning flag that something is wrong here," Reimann says.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
A second nurse had joined the first, both now standing where I wanted to see.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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