salivate
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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
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 thought of relaxing at the firepit in an Adirondack chair with an ice-cold glass of rosé made me salivate, the way my dog does when I pull the lid off the treat jar.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 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
Fact: Pavlov’s dog may have learned to salivate when hearing a ringing bell, but when a bell jingled as Dad and I entered the Brevard Animal Clinic, my poor skittish nerves were startled.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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