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long for

verb as in wish for

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It didn't take long for Trump's aides – many of the same people who said he would never back down – to fan out and celebrate the president's move.

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The Switch 2 delighted me with a title that made me long for my gaming youth.

She also thinks that changes need to be made around how many children a childminder is allowed to care for and that Northern Ireland has been waiting too long for a childcare strategy to be put in place.

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However, Lorraine - who said the process of trying to report PC Hunter had been worse than anything he had put her through - told the BBC she was angry it had taken so long for the Met to admit to its failures and now feels the promises of reform are "hollow words".

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“I long for more time together, but I take comfort in the fact that we will meet again,” Norris wrote, before sending his love to Norton’s family.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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