thirsty
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First, kids were thirsty for social experience, says Sam Coates, a Lego vice president who was on the trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
"When they've got dementia, they forget to ask about whether they feel thirsty," said manager Shiny Mathappan.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
You don't want to wake up thirsty - but you don't want to have to take an additional trip to the bathroom in the early hours either.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
If she’s thirsty, she has access to an automatically refilling bowl.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
She had never imagined that she could be so thirsty.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
When, last year, Congress suspended fuel economy penalties for light vehicles, Ford could afford to sell more of its larger, thirstier, more robust V8s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
It is the largest city in the world not built on a water source, and the city of gold is getting thirstier.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
Rising temperatures, a thirstier atmosphere and the expansion of communities around the edges of the reserve put the Pine Barrens at risk.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 23, 2023
This warmer, thirstier atmosphere literally sucked water out of the region’s plants and soils, pushing large swaths of the region into what the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
“I’m getting thirstier every minute. If it didn’t hurt you, it won’t hurt me. If my papa was here, he’d let me have some.”
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
Meanwhile, the automaker’s biggest, thirstiest trucks are also its top sellers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Shadowed by a towering mountain range, Sequim experiences the Olympic Peninsula’s thirstiest microclimate with only 17 inches of rain annually — compared to 37 inches in Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
The cultivation of almonds, the thirstiest of all food crops, expanded by 78% between 2010 and 2022; at least half of those dozen years were in periods of extreme drought.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023
While urban areas such as Los Angeles demand a significant amount of California’s water, they are far from the thirstiest sector in the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
It had a famous bar, to which rode the sheep-herders, the cowboys, the ranchers, the dry-farmers of the surrounding country—yes, and sometimes, thirstiest of all, the workmen from more distant oil-fields, a dangerous crew.
From Hidden Creek by Burt, Katharine Newlin
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