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quench

[kwench] / kwɛntʃ /




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Key questions for officials, Picazo said, will be determining how much MMA remains in the tank “and how to quench whatever is remaining.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Consumer tastes have changed dramatically since Coke’s heyday, and Vita Coco has responded with a product mix that should quench investors’ thirst for growth and reasonable value.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

When it stopped raining he found a spring where he was able to quench his thirst, but he was so unwell he was unable to eat one of the snack bars he was carrying.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Through fingerlike projections that descend upon the uterine wall, it attempts to quench the embryo’s appetite for maternal blood.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024

Jo couldn’t even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a somewhat agitated life.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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