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Krantz and his colleagues were keenly aware of the case of Owens Lake, about 300 miles to the north, whose tributaries had been diverted in 1913 to slake a thirsty and rapidly growing Los Angeles.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023

For what would have been the price of a ticket to the movies, customers also got bottomless soda refills to help slake what many expected would be a vengeful thirst from eating all that popcorn.

From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2022

Harnessing Eastern Africa’s groundwater could be a huge benefit for a region struggling to slake its thirst.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

She was the most discontented creature on a tennis court you ever saw — not even 23 Grand Slam titles could quite slake her taste for trophy-lifting.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2022

The fierce beast had made a kill; her jaws were bloody and she was coming to slake her thirst in the spring.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The lake that slakes the thirst of 40 million people in cities, farms and tribes across seven Southwestern states is down to about 30% of capacity.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2022

Zero Dark Thirty slakes a thirst for vengeance and leaves an aftertaste of gall.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2013

Orange juice from National Juice Corp. slakes their thirst.

From Time Magazine Archive

The moguls hide behind a rickety rating system that stokes more fury than it slakes.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the pure state, the oxide of calcium is white; it slakes, produces a high temperature, and falls into a white powder when sprinkled with a little water.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

But betel chew—a mixture of areca nuts, betel leaves and slaked lime—is entirely different from datura.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Roman concrete consisted of a mixture of a white powder known as slaked lime, small particles and rock fragments called tephra ejected by volcanic eruptions, and water.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 5, 2023

How much heat, in kilojoules, is associated with the production of 1 ton of slaked lime?

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Here is hanger steak, rugged on the outside and blushing within, slaked with house-made sriracha.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2018

When his thirst was slaked, he pushed the reeds aside.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

Trainees practiced slaking lime, sieving, mixing and preparing mortar while working on the gate.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2023

When it comes to slaking Southern California’s colossal thirst for water, more and more local governments are searching their own sewer lines for a solution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2022

Thank you for keeping up with slaking our thirst.

From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2020

Depending on the source, you will hear that the Ogallala Aquifer slaking the huge cattle feedlots from Amarillo to Dodge City will be drunk dry in as few as 20 years.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2018

The practice of slaking lime in small piles in the field is wasteful.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Alva Agee