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That with it We may give life to a dead land, and slake the thirst of things We have created, cattle and men in great numbers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2023

For what would have been the price of a ticket to the movies, customers also got bottomless soda refills to help slake what many expected would be a vengeful thirst from eating all that popcorn.

From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2022

That left me to slake my pie lust whenever one turned up at church potlucks or extended family gatherings.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2022

Harnessing Eastern Africa’s groundwater could be a huge benefit for a region struggling to slake its thirst.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

Without the sun there would be no waters formed to slake the dark earth's thirst.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

The lake that slakes the thirst of 40 million people in cities, farms and tribes across seven Southwestern states is down to about 30% of capacity.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2022

Zero Dark Thirty slakes a thirst for vengeance and leaves an aftertaste of gall.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2013

This book slakes nearly every sense except thirst.

From Time Magazine Archive

Orange juice from National Juice Corp. slakes their thirst.

From Time Magazine Archive

Is parchment, then, the holy well-spring, thinkest, A draught from which thy thirst forever slakes?

From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Brooks, Charles Timothy

But betel chew—a mixture of areca nuts, betel leaves and slaked lime—is entirely different from datura.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Paan, a betel nut leaf with slaked lime, rose petal jam and mouth fresheners like cardamom and cloves, has fascinated South Asians for centuries.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023

The bricks were then slathered with slaked lime.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

Roman concrete consisted of a mixture of a white powder known as slaked lime, small particles and rock fragments called tephra ejected by volcanic eruptions, and water.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 5, 2023

Once he’d slaked the thirst, he sat up and looked around.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Trainees practiced slaking lime, sieving, mixing and preparing mortar while working on the gate.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2023

When it comes to slaking Southern California’s colossal thirst for water, more and more local governments are searching their own sewer lines for a solution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2022

Thank you for keeping up with slaking our thirst.

From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2020

Depending on the source, you will hear that the Ogallala Aquifer slaking the huge cattle feedlots from Amarillo to Dodge City will be drunk dry in as few as 20 years.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2018

A great disappointment was in store: so he was to begin by "slaking" his lime.

From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)