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The unexploded ordnance, some of which was heard going off during the dayslong effort to quench the fire, made it harder for firefighters to get close to the blaze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

This means the rain forecast in the coming days is likely to do very little to quench the parched earth.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

But Murree, founded in 1860 to quench the thirst of British soldiers and the colonial community during the Raj, has survived Islamist opposition and strict regulations to become one of Pakistan's most well-known companies.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

Some nights they crossed small streams, which gave them a chance to refresh themselves, quench their thirst, and soothe their aching feet.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

But quenches -- the sudden, destructive events wherein a part of the material loses superconductivity -- are a major barrier to their deployment.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024

Listening to KGAY, he added, quenches “a desire for a sense of connection that was in person, that was live and public.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

There is, legitimately, no item on earth that quenches and refreshes like good ol' water — especially when you've eaten something especially heavy or you've accidentally eaten the equivalent of your body weight in candy.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2023

The river, which cascades from the Rockies down to the deserts of the Southwest, quenches the thirst of 40 million people in the U.S. and Mexico and sustains a $15 billion-a-year agricultural industry.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022

We are not told anything of the emotions of the king, as the prophet strides into his presence, and before the cowering court, silently raises his hand and quenches the day.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by G. A. Chadwick

I sipped on this drink during a midday walk and it kept me cool, quenched and satisfied.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025

They quenched their thirst by drinking contaminated water from a nearby well.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2025

However, the attacks quickly quenched out before any scar tissue could form.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

And, finally in Cleveland, he kept teams competitive despite financial limitations and nearly quenched a championship drought in 2016 on the way to becoming the winningest manager in the club’s 123-year history.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023

Ranofer thrust the scroll onto the shelf and hurried back to his work, filled again with the hope that he had thought almost quenched yesterday.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

It manufactures neodymium magnets by pouring liquid alloy onto a rotating, cooled disk, then rapidly quenching and pulverizing it to freeze the delicate crystalline structure at a microscopic scale before it can grow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

The primary solution to resolve this crisis would’ve been to pump a neutralizing agent into the problem tank, quenching it and making it no longer explosive.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

They are used to quenching their thirst with snow, but with little or no snowfall, they can easily get dehydrated.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

"The key to the quenching mechanism lies in how quickly and efficiently the triplet states can be deactivated," said Alessandro Agostini, researcher at the University of Padua, Italy and co-lead author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2025

Almost like a mental hiccup, as they watch my brother gulp the quenching blue liquid.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman