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View synonyms for wanted

wanted

/ ˈwɒntɪd /

adjective

  1. being searched for by the police in connection with a crime that has been committed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“He wanted to provide for our kids, to give them what he couldn’t give them in the past,” Lamees Hammad said.

"Those 20th anniversary concerts of The Remote Part helped us reset and refocus on what we wanted to do next," explains Roddy.

From BBC

The health of any future children was one of the main reasons Liv - who has a partner of seven years - wanted to find out if she carried the gene.

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“Out of all the dreams that I had as a kid, that’s the one thing I wanted to do, like I want to fly an Apache, I wanted to fly a jet,” said Cardena.

She wanted advice from a specialist about specific tools to cope with difficulties but said she "was only offered group sessions, which as an autistic person, that's kind of your worst nightmare".

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