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Recent Examples of salivate
Rivian fans have been salivating over the R3X since it was first teased earlier that year.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
11 June 2026
These flourishes, recalling New York’s Jazz Age flamboyance, give the vast interior its fizz — and will inevitably have value engineers salivating to trim, slice, and simplify.
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Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
To longtime fans, the prospect of any new material from the late legend is rightful cause to salivate, but as the artist's discerning offspring, Tim wasn't entirely sold at first that there was something worth sharing there.
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Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
The edit basically shows all the men repeatedly salivating over Heidi, Jenna, and Shawna.
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
11 June 2026
These flourishes, recalling New York’s Jazz Age flamboyance, give the vast interior its fizz — and will inevitably have value engineers salivating to trim, slice, and simplify.
—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
To longtime fans, the prospect of any new material from the late legend is rightful cause to salivate, but as the artist's discerning offspring, Tim wasn't entirely sold at first that there was something worth sharing there.
—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
The edit basically shows all the men repeatedly salivating over Heidi, Jenna, and Shawna.
—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salivate
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For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.
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Fighter Josh Hokit drooled at the weigh-in in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Over a Nineties hip-hop beat, East Coast to be exact, Czarface’s Inspectah Deck and Esoteric spit their verses before Hardy, er, Pulitzer comes in.
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After being asked to leave the property by officials, Zimmerman spat toward a hotel security officer, prompting staff to call the police.
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“Salivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salivate. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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