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“I don’t even play football,” Taylor said with a laugh after his 9.92, a time that would make any college receivers coach salivate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2025

“I’m probably the one person who didn’t salivate over the arrival of ‘There’s a Riot Goin’ on,’” he says, referencing the 1971 bummer classic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025

Two unbeaten champions with differing but equally effective styles produced a match-up of the highest level in a fight to make the boxing purist salivate.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024

The brothers Roy bring the offer to the "village elders" who salivate at how golden their parachutes will be.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2023

The sight of two big jars of applesauce made him salivate.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Pavlov's dog is the most well-known example of classical conditioning, in which a dog salivates in response to a ringing bell because it has formed an associative memory between the bell and food.

From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2022

While working class voters turn hopeful about the jobs the comet will provide, an evil tech mogul salivates at all of the rare Earth metals it contains.

From The Verge ● Dec. 7, 2021

He admits feeling lonely at times and can’t wait for in-person visits, just as he salivates thinking about going out for a meal at a Greek restaurant or a favorite steakhouse.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2020

The average weekend hack sees those swings—and even that score—and salivates.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 20, 2020

I cannot see into the pot and my mouth salivates at the smell of the rice and fish.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Among a certain set—particularly the one I grew up around in Manhattan—we salivated over whose name might be tarnished next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Some preferred to include it in a stew, while others salivated over the golden-brown fried option.

From BBC ● May 11, 2024

Crowds salivated for the chance to catch him in person and watch him tape “War Room.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

"Harry & Meghan" didn't begin with the focus people expected and salivated at the thought of consuming, but it is precisely the type of documentary series we should have expected from the couple.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2022

One of the smaller girls salivated so heavily the chocolate dribbled syruplike from the comer of her mouth.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Investors are salivating over the initial public offering of Cerebras Systems.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

And I haven’t gotten to the secondary market, where sellers are salivating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

These candies will have your mouth puckering — and salivating for more.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025

With new, deep-pocketed buyers of film and TV projects taking charge of a major studio, sellers are salivating, even as the company’s employees brace for a significant wave of layoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025

Penelope looked at the quartet of panting, salivating beasts; the icy feeling at the back of her neck returned.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood