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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Consciously or not, Orsolya has played an active role in such urban growth; her job is to evict people from the lots that have been gobbled up by the government and/or greedy real estate developers who want to turn them into condos, chain stores, and luxury hotels.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
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Many of the Bronx’s Jews were not just liberals but leftists, leading rent strikes against greedy landlords.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Feb. 2025
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And thanks to the ravenous monsters that nightly disguise themselves as smiling humans and eat anyone unprotected outside, plus various other eldritch horrors like ghosts and malevolent bugs, not to mention dwindling resources and communal infighting, everyone is always on edge.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2024
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The researchers found that clay sprayed on the water's surface bonds with the carbon, creating sticky balls that become part of the ravenous little creatures' daily smorgasbord.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
10 Dec. 2024
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Another venerable Caribbean Carnival tradition is the breakfast party, which on paper sounds like bona-fide madness: wake up in the middle of the night, go to a nice venue, drink and dance until the sun rises, eat a gluttonous drunken breakfast, then return home to get back in bed and knock out.—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Football obstructs transfers One club who didn’t spend much in January by their own gluttonous standards were Chelsea, whose only ‘incomings’ amounted to the arrival of young midfielder Mathis Amougou from Saint-Etienne and a recall for Trevoh Chalabah from his loan spell at Crystal Palace.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Another key piece of the design storytelling in the film is the art and furnishings in Van Buren’s home — Pearce’s character, the film’s primary antagonist, is meant to be a voracious collector.—
Rebecca Keegan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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The venomous caterpillars of this species of moth thrive in voracious groups.—
Ivan Amato,
Scientific American,
30 Jan. 2025
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New York got an L&L in 2004 and lost it again about a decade later; in the years since, a hungry person in this town wanting plate-lunch flavors had few options.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2025
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The Food for Peace program allows farmers to sell their crops to the government which then distributes the food to feed the hungry abroad.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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