whet
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The talk has ceased, but a successful acquisition of Greenland could whet his appetite anew.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
To whet your appetite, there's already a Glastonbury Hits Channel on iPlayer, streaming classic tracks from previous years – with highlights including Oasis, Little Simz, The Who and Lady Gaga.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025
Such arguments will no doubt whet the appetites of law professors everywhere and may set up a clash that the Supreme Court will ultimately resolve.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2025
The idea, Disney officials said, is to whet people’s appetites and encourage upgrades to the full bundle.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
As so often happens in science, their discoveries only whet the appetite for more research, which in turn created a demand for bigger, more expensive accelerators.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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