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hanker after/for sth
to have a strong wish for something, especially if you cannot or should not have it
• What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?
• Even after all these years, I still hanker for a motorbike.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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verb ADV. secretly | always | still PREP. after She's always hankering after excitement. | for I still hankered for the farm life.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary