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Recent Examples of salivate
The initiative was a high priority for Wall Street, which salivated at the opportunity to manage this massive pool of cash and earn fees on all those assets.
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Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2025
The value of artificial intelligence—automating repetitive tasks, boosting efficiency, and solving extremely complex problems—has Wall Street salivating.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 July 2025
Democrats have long salivated at the prospect of turning Texas blue.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Over the weekend, fan pages salivated over make-believe crossovers and posse cuts, not really considering the prospect of this being purely a solo album.
—Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 21 July 2025
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Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2025
The value of artificial intelligence—automating repetitive tasks, boosting efficiency, and solving extremely complex problems—has Wall Street salivating.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 July 2025
Democrats have long salivated at the prospect of turning Texas blue.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Over the weekend, fan pages salivated over make-believe crossovers and posse cuts, not really considering the prospect of this being purely a solo album.
—Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salivate
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Alice killing Jane gets its own paragraph: After awkwardly running like Taylor Swift in that treadmill commercial, Alice hops over Jane, grabs her by the throat, and feeds her to a drooling wolf.—
Wolfgang Ruth,
Vulture,
1 May 2025
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Symptoms may include excessive panting, glazed eyes, lethargy, drooling, vomiting, or confusion.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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One moment there’s a dual-headed hydra spitting flame in the city river, next there’s an all-out jet ski race bathed in gunfire.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
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If that didn’t prevent the irritation, the protists used their cilia to spit water at the pipette.—
Claire L. Evans,
Quanta Magazine,
30 July 2025
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“Salivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salivate. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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