as in greedy
having a huge appetite
the deli is frequented by young, single professionals, esurient after those long hours spent staring at the monitor of a computer
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The Sudanese conflict has conscripted the neighboring countries who are selfishly courting either faction for resources or political standing, as well as greedy, exploitative foreign powers who repeatedly leverage religious and cultural tensions in the region, into the fight for profit.
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Next to him were Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, all left-leaning candidates running on a platform that includes abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and taking on bad landlords and greedy corporations.
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San Francisco real estate agent Butch Haze of Compass has seen tech booms followed by ravenous bursts of homebuying since the first internet gold rush of the late 1990s.
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The reading drew a ravenous crowd packing the modestly sized Lower East Side storefront so tight that beads of sweat might as well have begun dripping from the walls.
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The memory is where the data gets placed and served up to the processor, like a dinner platter holding a gluttonous giant’s feast.
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Here, a gluttonous breakfast feast is served, followed by modern Thai fare for lunch and dinner.
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Unfortunately, the crunch on memory and storage, in part due to the blockade of the Straits of Hormuz and, mostly, to the voracious demands of AI data centres, is having a disproportionate impact across the consumer electronics world.
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Political and local opposition has been growing because of fears about blackouts, rising electricity bills and the centers’ voracious water needs.
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But be warned, reservations are a must — BoccaLupo is bustling with hungry diners from open to close.
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Reinventing the aliens' origin story — as nomadic, resource-hungry scavengers — just made sense in the cynical '90s.
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“Esurient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/esurient. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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