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Done with the workweek, they are eager to slake their thirst.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

Thousands of Tacomans, joined by rail fans from miles around, will slake their curiosity this weekend by exploring Sound Transit’s new Tacoma Link Hilltop Extension.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

Long before TLC rebranded from The Learning Channel to the home of Honey Boo-Boo and "Dr. Pimple Popper," Springer drained the human soul's pus before raving studio audiences to slake the guilty pleasure of millions.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 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

We slake our thirst, let the warm water pour over our itching bodies.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

This book slakes nearly every sense except thirst.

From Time Magazine Archive

What thou art, behold, I know not; but thy honey slakes and slays Half the want which whitens manhood in the stress of alien days!

From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry

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

Paan, a betel nut leaf with slaked lime, rose petal jam and mouth fresheners like cardamom and cloves, has fascinated South Asians for centuries.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023

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

Cool without refrigeration, sweet with the taste of earth, nothing slaked the insistent thirst of the tropics better, according to some residents of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city.

From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2019

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

But Parton is a master of deflecting one-liners, slaking people's curiosity by leaving them laughing.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2011

He was kneeling down by it, plunging his fevered face into it, slaking the thirst that was burning his life away.

From The Bushranger's Secret by Clarke, Henry, Mrs.