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Thousands of Tacomans, joined by rail fans from miles around, will slake their curiosity this weekend by exploring Sound Transit’s new Tacoma Link Hilltop Extension.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

Krantz and his colleagues were keenly aware of the case of Owens Lake, about 300 miles to the north, whose tributaries had been diverted in 1913 to slake a thirsty and rapidly growing Los Angeles.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023

With his videos, Jackson believes he’s dispelling the assumption that people turn to social media only to slake their thirst for outrage.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 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

The fierce beast had made a kill; her jaws were bloody and she was coming to slake her thirst in the spring.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

The moguls hide behind a rickety rating system that stokes more fury than it slakes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hungry, he munches a sandwich, first food in 33 hours, slakes his dry throat from the still half-filled canteen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus enraged, my lines are hurl'd, Like the Sibyl's, through the world: Look how next the holy fire Either slakes, or doth retire; So the fancy cools:—till when That brave spirit comes again.

From A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick by Francis Turner Palgrave

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

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

Cool without refrigeration, sweet with the taste of earth, nothing slaked the insistent thirst of the tropics better, according to some residents of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city.

From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2019

When his thirst was slaked, he pushed the reeds aside.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

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

As has been before stated, much is gained by slaking lime with salt water, thus imitating the lime and salt mixture.

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring