salivating

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

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The 90% adoption stat is one that might have many IT leaders salivating, although, for Serhant, “It is, I think, the least sexy thing we do here.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

It is easy to call “The Substance” superficial in its depiction of women’s quests for youth and beauty as well as men’s salivating responses to that.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2024

The prospect of him following one-time mentor Pep Guardiola to the Premier League is surely a salivating one for footballing purists.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024

It was generally worth the wait, though, and he started salivating as he watched plates get delivered to every table that wasn’t his.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro