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Recent Examples of yearn
Shepherds with small farms who yearned to produce yarn for selling had to team up with other farms to meet the weight limit at Álafoss.
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Lauren Breedlove, AFAR Media, 10 Apr. 2025
For 10 years, various writers and directors took a swing adapting Minecraft, the Swedish video game that enthralls children, who apparently yearn for the mines.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
From writer-director Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Dogman) comes an epic odyssey from West Africa to Italy told through the eyes and experiences of two Senegalese cousins, teenagers living in Dakar who yearn for a brighter future in Europe.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Reeling from the past two and a half months of the Trump presidency, lethargic voters nationwide were yearning for change within the Democratic Party.
—Fallon Brannon, Refinery29, 7 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Breedlove, AFAR Media, 10 Apr. 2025
For 10 years, various writers and directors took a swing adapting Minecraft, the Swedish video game that enthralls children, who apparently yearn for the mines.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
From writer-director Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Dogman) comes an epic odyssey from West Africa to Italy told through the eyes and experiences of two Senegalese cousins, teenagers living in Dakar who yearn for a brighter future in Europe.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Reeling from the past two and a half months of the Trump presidency, lethargic voters nationwide were yearning for change within the Democratic Party.
—Fallon Brannon, Refinery29, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yearn
Verb
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Several numbers have a been-there feel, such as when Itzel sings metaphorically about longing for the freedom of a bird.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2025
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And as Yuri, longing for a family unit to call her own, Zengel couldn’t be better.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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Even a Please Don’t Destroy video about Madison pining to do a prestige TV show about SpongeBob SquarePants, with Madison made up as Squidward, was a recycled idea from when Bad Bunny appeared as Shrek.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, a young Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James burned, pined, and perished for Kat's sister Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) — but was only allowed to date her if Kat found a suitor.—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Yearn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yearn. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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