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Recent Examples of salivate
The culling perfectly played into ongoing fears that AI automation is coming for white-collar jobs, a major job market and economic disruption that workers are becoming increasingly worried about — and which clearly has execs salivating.
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Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 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
Seemingly endless peaks stretched out before us with everything from mellow trees to steep alpine bowls, leaving us salivating over those lines.
—Brent Rose, Outside, 28 Feb. 2026
The prospect of Shiffrin pairing with Lindsey Vonn, who’s excelled in the downhills this season, to fight for USA gold surely has NBC execs salivating.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
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Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 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
Seemingly endless peaks stretched out before us with everything from mellow trees to steep alpine bowls, leaving us salivating over those lines.
—Brent Rose, Outside, 28 Feb. 2026
The prospect of Shiffrin pairing with Lindsey Vonn, who’s excelled in the downhills this season, to fight for USA gold surely has NBC execs salivating.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salivate
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These plants contain cardiac glycosides, which can cause unpleasant symptoms for dogs and cats alike, such as drooling, diarrhea, abdominal pain, abnormal heart rhythm, and even some neurologic signs.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
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Chewing on the bulbs can cause severe vomiting and diarrhea, profuse drooling and burns to the mouth.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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Nafisa allegedly spat on someone, believed to be a Frontier employee, per Local 10, as she was being taken off the plane.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Portuguese princess who could go from spitting 16s with Swollen Members to dropping ‘Maneater’ and ‘Promiscuous’ with Timbaland.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Salivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salivate. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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