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No, this project, which comes with an estimated price tag of $5 billion to $20 billion a year, wouldn’t quench specific heat waves or fires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

But Murree, founded in 1860 to quench the thirst of British soldiers and the colonial community during the Raj, has survived Islamist opposition and strict regulations to become one of Pakistan's most well-known companies.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

The LAFD, she said, didn’t have enough firefighters, based at enough fire stations, to quench the wind-driven flames that were tearing through the hills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

When it stopped raining he found a spring where he was able to quench his thirst, but he was so unwell he was unable to eat one of the snack bars he was carrying.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

Some nights they crossed small streams, which gave them a chance to refresh themselves, quench their thirst, and soothe their aching feet.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

But quenches -- the sudden, destructive events wherein a part of the material loses superconductivity -- are a major barrier to their deployment.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024

There is, legitimately, no item on earth that quenches and refreshes like good ol' water — especially when you've eaten something especially heavy or you've accidentally eaten the equivalent of your body weight in candy.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2023

The river, which cascades from the Rockies down to the deserts of the Southwest, quenches the thirst of 40 million people in the U.S. and Mexico and sustains a $15 billion-a-year agricultural industry.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022

Foremilk quenches the infant’s thirst, whereas hindmilk satisfies the infant’s appetite.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The fire of Zampria's house Yet quenches not, nor through thy cooler veins Flags in its current. hermione.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby

I sipped on this drink during a midday walk and it kept me cool, quenched and satisfied.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025

They quenched their thirst by drinking contaminated water from a nearby well.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2025

"Everything seems to happen faster and more dramatically in the early universe, and that might include galaxies moving from a star-forming phase to dormant or quenched," said Looser.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024

At this point near Gennadi village, its climate change-fueled fury was only quenched by the sea.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

His yearning, in a sense, was too powerful to be quenched by human contact.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

It manufactures neodymium magnets by pouring liquid alloy onto a rotating, cooled disk, then rapidly quenching and pulverizing it to freeze the delicate crystalline structure at a microscopic scale before it can grow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

The primary solution to resolve this crisis would’ve been to pump a neutralizing agent into the problem tank, quenching it and making it no longer explosive.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

They are used to quenching their thirst with snow, but with little or no snowfall, they can easily get dehydrated.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

"We hope to further clarify the structural characteristics of carotenoids that increase quenching efficiency, ultimately enabling the molecular design of pigments that optimize photosynthetic antennae," Fujii said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2025

I should have asked more questions, but an overwhelming sense of contentment seemed to have extinguished them, like a cool drink quenching thirst.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo