salivating

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

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Young people constantly pour themselves into digital surveillance systems, giving the managers of those systems a kind of power that would have had 20th-century totalitarians salivating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

“Nebraska ’82,” the 37-track collection, clears the vaults for fans who have been salivating to hear the fabled “electric” recordings with the E Street Band.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 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

Two large circular decals featuring the grotesquely salivating Werewolf emblem that symbolized the historical ferocity of the squadron adhered to the sides of the car.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy