slake
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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
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
That left me to slake my pie lust whenever one turned up at church potlucks or extended family gatherings.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2022
Not even the blood-thirstiest horror hounds will be able to slake their thirst for gore with this one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 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
Hungry, he munches a sandwich, first food in 33 hours, slakes his dry throat from the still half-filled canteen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The moguls hide behind a rickety rating system that stokes more fury than it slakes.
From Time Magazine Archive
When it is fully exposed to the air or moisture, it slakes and doubles in volume.
From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Alva Agee
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
Once he’d slaked the thirst, he sat up and looked around.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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
Milk of lime is produced by slaking ordinary building lime until a fine white powder is obtained, about an equal quantity of water to the amount of lime to be slaked being necessary.
From Rural Hygiene by Henry N. (Henry Neely) Ogden
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