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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

She was the most discontented creature on a tennis court you ever saw — not even 23 Grand Slam titles could quite slake her taste for trophy-lifting.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 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

Orange juice from National Juice Corp. slakes their 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

The little grub, with its head still plunged in the honey, slakes its thirst with long draughts and waxes fat.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

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

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

In downtown Beijing, parched commuters have traditionally slaked their thirsts with fruit juice or tea but many are following the global craft beer boom and turning to refreshing pale ales.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2016

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

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

But the truth didn’t shake my faith in Oly pride, which bubbles up like the artesian well water that has been slaking Olympian thirsts for centuries.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 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