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Recent Examples of salivate
House Republicans are salivating over their chances in purple seats thanks to ambitious Democrats eyeing newly open Senate slots.
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Andrew Solender, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
But the snags the deal has encountered, complete with the now-customary social media fricassee courtesy of Carr, Trump and various other MAGA forces, have sent a chill up the spines of dealmakers who had entered 2025 salivating at the possibilities.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025
These chalky outcomes should have golf fans salivating over the potential for a similar result at this week’s Masters Tournament.
—Jason Sobel, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The combination has led fans to salivate about what Flagg might do next.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Solender, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
But the snags the deal has encountered, complete with the now-customary social media fricassee courtesy of Carr, Trump and various other MAGA forces, have sent a chill up the spines of dealmakers who had entered 2025 salivating at the possibilities.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025
These chalky outcomes should have golf fans salivating over the potential for a similar result at this week’s Masters Tournament.
—Jason Sobel, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The combination has led fans to salivate about what Flagg might do next.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salivate
Verb
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There’s nothing wrong with ogling a juicy rack of ribs or drooling over a hunk of brisket slowly smoking over hot coals.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
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In the painting Meaningless, 2003, for example, the words meaningless, senseless, and irrelevant eventually give way to blather, blabber, babble, then to drivel and drool, and, finally, to blah-blah-blah.—
Jeffrey Weiss,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Standing stoically amid the screaming, spitting, scrapping miners is a security robot.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 May 2025
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For ages 3-6—after which kids can typically rinse with water and spit out the paste—a slightly larger pea-sized dollop suffices.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
14 May 2025
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“Salivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salivate. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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