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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

The duke was sent to Germany to cool his ardour, but the imposed distance failed to quench the flame.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025

Yet for all that it would quench no thirst, being but illusion.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

Listening to KGAY, he added, quenches “a desire for a sense of connection that was in person, that was live and public.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 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

The magic chariot goes on with its blazing lights, and a bend in the road quenches the pleasant vision in darkness.

From Leaves in the Wind by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner

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

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025

Electrons in metals tend to show only one behavior at zero temperature, when all kinetic energy is quenched.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

“We’ve fought fire with fire, never thinking that fire is sometimes best quenched with water. This approach failed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

His countenance reminded one of a lamp quenched, waiting to be re-lit—and alas! it was not himself that could now kindle the lustre of animated expression: he was dependent on another for that office!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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 paper discusses six different approaches researchers could use to raise superconducting temperatures further, including pressure quenching.

From Science Daily ● May 27, 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

Someone had the idea of quenching his thirst by eating snow.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel