as in drool
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
our mouths filled with saliva when we smelled the delicious dinner
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Recent Examples of saliva
The infection spreads through direct contact with saliva.
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Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
This flu-like, fatal infection carried by fruit bats can spread to pigs and humans, especially through close contact with bodily fluids such as saliva, blood or respiratory droplets.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Nipah virus spreads through contact with bodily fluids such as saliva, urine, feces and blood, and through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2026
Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, caused by hantavirus, which is a flu-like illness connected to rodent droppings, saliva, and urine.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
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Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
This flu-like, fatal infection carried by fruit bats can spread to pigs and humans, especially through close contact with bodily fluids such as saliva, blood or respiratory droplets.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Nipah virus spreads through contact with bodily fluids such as saliva, urine, feces and blood, and through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2026
Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, caused by hantavirus, which is a flu-like illness connected to rodent droppings, saliva, and urine.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saliva
Noun
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In one image—a favorite of mine—a man lies on an expanse of sand, cradling a smiling child, whose drool is pooling on the man’s shirtless chest.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
20 Dec. 2025
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Lotte looks down at drips of drool on the green rubber mat that covers her desk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Dec. 2025
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The star of the show at both is the steak trompo, in which strip and sirloin steaks are skewered on a glossy vertical spit, sliced thinly to order onto a supple corn tortilla with avocado salsa.—
Andrea Strong,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
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Twelve days later, an Inupiat man drove his snowmachine across the frozen lagoon to get some whale blubber from an ice cellar located on a spit, about two miles from the village.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026
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The younger Pearl does not stalk the sideline drenched in sweat, veins bulging from his neck and spittle flying at every questionable call.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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This surgical mask is my disguise and my means of shielding myself from covid spittle.—
Cora Frazier,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Saliva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saliva. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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