whetted
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Such austerity only whetted my childhood fondness for concoctions that now make me wince: grape soda, root beer, orange Fanta, even a hideous insipid confection known as cream soda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The report added that Lukoil's foreign assets had also whetted the appetite of US investment company Carlyle and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund IHC.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
Phil McNulty: Having had the appetite whetted at Euro 2024, I’m going for Barcelona’s 17-year-old genius Lamine Yamal.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024
Its appetite whetted, DraftKings moved to incorporate NFTs into its fantasy sports contest business by securing exclusive rights to all NFL players’ names, images and likenesses — together known as NIL rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
The resounding success of the Curagao experiment whetted the appetites of Florida livestock raisers for a similar feat that would relieve them of the scourge of screw-worms.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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