slake
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Done with the workweek, they are eager to slake their thirst.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
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
EnoTrans focused on “overcustomization” by Sound Transit to slake community demands, and the average five-year planning phase.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 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
This book slakes nearly every sense except thirst.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hungry, he munches a sandwich, first food in 33 hours, slakes his dry throat from the still half-filled canteen.
From Time Magazine Archive
O happy eyes that saw Him first; O happy lips that kissed His feet: Earth slakes at last her ancient thirst; With Eden's joy her pulses beat.
From Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse by Robert Haven Schauffler
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
How much heat, in kilojoules, is associated with the production of 1 ton of slaked lime?
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 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
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
As has been before stated, much is gained by slaking lime with salt water, thus imitating the lime and salt mixture.
From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring
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