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quench

[kwench] / kwɛntʃ /




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Key questions for officials, Picazo said, will be determining how much MMA remains in the tank “and how to quench whatever is remaining.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 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

On the other hand, they wrote, allowing potentially defective drugs to be widely used is akin to "drinking poison to quench thirst".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

Through fingerlike projections that descend upon the uterine wall, it attempts to quench the embryo’s appetite for maternal blood.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024

The meat stops the grumbling in my stomach but does little to quench my thirst.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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