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Recent Examples of salivate
True crime fans will salivate over the new docuseries, My Killer Father, which hits at the end of the month.
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K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
Peterson, a guard that has NBA fans (and teams) salivating, is expected to be the top pick in the upcoming draft.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
And, of course, any publicist would be salivating at all the possible future Dads or Miss Pattersons, maybe even visiting the show from Radcliffe’s own past.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
The Middle East has become a playground for American financiers, who are salivating at the chance of tapping huge sums of money and shaping the region’s financial markets in their own image.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 Mar. 2026
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K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
Peterson, a guard that has NBA fans (and teams) salivating, is expected to be the top pick in the upcoming draft.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
And, of course, any publicist would be salivating at all the possible future Dads or Miss Pattersons, maybe even visiting the show from Radcliffe’s own past.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
The Middle East has become a playground for American financiers, who are salivating at the chance of tapping huge sums of money and shaping the region’s financial markets in their own image.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salivate
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Chase Reid, meanwhile, just put together a better-than-point-per-game season in the OHL and has the loud tools — the escapability and skating speed in particular — that have NHL scouts positively drooling.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Predators respond with head shaking, gaping, drooling, and frantic licking.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2026
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Hollywood chewed her up and spat her out.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Religious groups have documented a rise in acts of harassment and violence against Christian pilgrims and clergy as well as Palestinian Christian residents, including assaults and spitting, often by ultra-Orthodox Jewish yeshiva students.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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“Salivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salivate. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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