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Recent Examples of salivate
Twice in the past two years, buyout firms have circled Macy’s, attracted not so much to its long-term potential as a business but downright salivating over the real estate its stores occupy.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Based on the way the team is practicing, those involved with the Billerica program are salivating for the season to start.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The arm, the release, the feet, the IQ, left college coaches — and college general managers — salivating.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
Swiss bankers may already be salivating.
—Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Based on the way the team is practicing, those involved with the Billerica program are salivating for the season to start.
—Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The arm, the release, the feet, the IQ, left college coaches — and college general managers — salivating.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
Swiss bankers may already be salivating.
—Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salivate
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CWD can take months to years for symptoms to appear, which could include drastic weight loss, stumbling or lack of coordination, drooling and listlessness.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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Naturally, the post attracted over 16,000 comments of women drooling over him.—
Essence,
Essence,
20 Oct. 2025
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Crypto mining, like AI, relies heavily on graphic processing units, or GPUs, with the chips racing to solve complicated algorithms that spit out currency rewards for correctly verifying blockchain transactions, and CoreWeave was a steady buyer.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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However, a mysterious doctor showed up and revealed herself as Asuka, spitting mist at Charlotte's face, which also hit Alexa.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Salivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salivate. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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