salivate (for)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salivate (for)
Verb
  • For sports fans craving game-day camaraderie, fall and winter are ideal, when Syracuse football fills the Dome with Orange pride and basketball season brings the city’s most electric crowds from November through March.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Such a setup would surely bring the sort of balance every manager craves, especially with Kabore and the fit-again Cacace capable of getting at an Oxford side who will arrive at the SToK Cae Ras one point and one place behind Wrexham in the table.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But to a man, every one of the returning players wanted a win.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • On a strictly statistical basis, what Newsom wants to do to Republican representation in California has parallels to what Deep South states used to do to Black voters for much of the 20th century.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Salivate (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salivate%20%28for%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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