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Recent Examples of yearn
Who among us hasn’t looked to the stars and yearned to be whisked off to a brighter frontier?
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
All of a sudden, the Trump administration is positioning itself as a champion of the rights of oppressed minorities abroad yearning for the liberty and security that can be found only within America’s borders.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 13 May 2025
While my heart will forever yearn for an alternate reality where Bobby Nash is alive and well, my head knows that Peter Krause‘s beloved 9-1-1 character is indeed six feet under.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 5 May 2025
But whereas the first generation of Chinese entrepreneurs grew up poor and were happy to wring a livelihood from cheap imitations, today’s tech graduates were spared the privations of their parents and yearn for something more meaningful.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
All of a sudden, the Trump administration is positioning itself as a champion of the rights of oppressed minorities abroad yearning for the liberty and security that can be found only within America’s borders.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 13 May 2025
While my heart will forever yearn for an alternate reality where Bobby Nash is alive and well, my head knows that Peter Krause‘s beloved 9-1-1 character is indeed six feet under.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 5 May 2025
But whereas the first generation of Chinese entrepreneurs grew up poor and were happy to wring a livelihood from cheap imitations, today’s tech graduates were spared the privations of their parents and yearn for something more meaningful.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yearn
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And why is accessibility so key for people who long to see theater but cannot afford it? Siff: Audible x TOGETHER is brilliant.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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His first major market was former merchants and colonial administrators who longed for a souvenir of their time in Brazil.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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Parts read like a narrative, other parts sound like a letter to the husband, sometimes explanatory, sometimes apologetic, sometimes pining.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
18 May 2025
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Songs that should blaze by are sluggish while tunes that should pine and linger are sped through.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Yearn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yearn. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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