thirst

“What I would want to caution people against is thinking that the thirst or the engagement is the end — that’s been my reservation with it,” she said.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

It was funded by a businessman with no prior experience in boxing, but a thirst to be part of Teasdale's rise to the top.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Data centers are running into a wall of public anger in the United States over their thirst for water and power.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

For the other brood, a thirst for retribution is mixed with the hopes for a windfall, 16 years after their loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Although the sweetgrass smoke took away his weariness, it hadn’t taken away his hunger and thirst.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

He thirsts for the kind of ultimate supremacy and luxury enjoyed by monarchical figures of the past, who built the likes of Egyptian temples and Versailles, leaving lasting marks on their national landscapes.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

And one which has a big job ahead: Taking the food orders and quenching the thirsts of millions of visitors who will flock to the Paris Olympics this July.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024

The classic Shirley Temple is always a hit, while a refreshing apple elderflower cooler is a great way to quench people’s thirsts.

From BBC ● May 2, 2023

The half-inch-long insects are destructive agricultural pests because of their unquenchable thirsts and splashy bathroom habits: when nature calls, these bugs launch droplets of their watery pee and create puddles of disease-causing waste.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2023

They all rested like that, absolutely quiet, drinking more slowly now that their thirsts had been quenched, eyes vaguely fixed on shadow-casting objects downhill.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Looks and physical attractiveness have influenced American politics since the widespread adoption of television, and Ossoff isn’t the first or the only political candidate the internet has thirsted over.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Suddenly, Team USA was down to one out and the baseball world got the matchup it thirsted for.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

And yet we found shelter within it, we pondered our lives and the lives of others, thirsted, slept.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 19, 2022

While the Islamic State sought hegemony among jihadist groups and thirsted for territorial expansion, Al Qaeda’s affiliates showed increasing readiness to cooperate with other groups and little appetite for occupation.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

The taste was no less foul, but water was water, and all of them thirsted.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

I saw thousands of Saudi men and women, young and old, thirsting for the sort of recreation that until very recently they had to travel abroad to enjoy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

"That two undocumented migrants were the only ones who physically risked themselves to help the victim of a pack thirsting for horror leaves much food for thought and a series of lessons," Mayor Rey said.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

And sometimes the changes come like a whirlwind, dividing parishes between those thirsting for a more reverent Catholicism and those who feel their spiritual home has been taken from them.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

But for those who’d been thirsting for some neck-chopping, kung-fu vampire comedy action: This is your moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2022

We slipped in and out of wakefulness, wincing at the soreness in our muscles, and thirsting for more of that tart lemonade.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall