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Recent Examples of salivate
The arm, the release, the feet, the IQ, left college coaches — and college general managers — salivating.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
Many Republicans salivated at the opportunity to redraw the map, especially the 9th congressional district.
—Paul Miller, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2025
Swiss bankers may already be salivating.
—Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Jed Jacobsohn/Allsport With the preseason underway, fans are starting to salivate at the idea of waking up on Sunday morning to football.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
Many Republicans salivated at the opportunity to redraw the map, especially the 9th congressional district.
—Paul Miller, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2025
Swiss bankers may already be salivating.
—Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Jed Jacobsohn/Allsport With the preseason underway, fans are starting to salivate at the idea of waking up on Sunday morning to football.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salivate
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The Knott’s culinary and bakery teams have created a feast for our Instagram feeds that will make our followers drool and want to head into the fog during the 52nd installment of Scary Farm.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
15 Sep. 2025
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Thank you to this show for giving us so many things to drool over every season.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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As stated, the rules committee is starting to crack down on any sort of action that would be deemed as unsportsmanlike, and that was evident in Week 1 when Eagles star Jalen Carter was ejected for spitting on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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But these surveys, many of them credible and worth considering, often spit out different data, allowing interested readers to draw different, sometimes contradictory, conclusions.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Salivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salivate. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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