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thirst

[thurst] / θɜrst /


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It also said that “mild to moderate dehydration can build gradually across the day for most people, often without realizing it, and thirst is not always a reliable signal.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

Monroe’s personal legacy is like a charm bracelet hung with more unsubstantiated rumors than genuine facts, but one undeniable trait was her thirst to defy the world’s expectations.

From Salon Jul. 6, 2026

"It's mainly to quench our thirst, and we have to give our animals water too," Andras, a student, told AFP.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

At least 49 people have died of thirst in a remote part of the Sahara desert in northern Niger after the truck carrying them broke down, authorities said.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

I was aware of his thirst and his suffering, and the sick man’s, and the others’, much as I was aware of my own.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

And one which has a big job ahead: Taking the food orders and quenching the thirsts of millions of visitors who will flock to the Paris Olympics this July.

From Seattle Times Mar. 24, 2024

The half-inch-long insects are destructive agricultural pests because of their unquenchable thirsts and splashy bathroom habits: when nature calls, these bugs launch droplets of their watery pee and create puddles of disease-causing waste.

From Scientific American Feb. 28, 2023

Their reservoir partially inside the Holy Cross Wilderness, between Leadville and Minturn, would sacrifice natural processes for the purpose of sustaining population growth and a development boom - harnessing nature to slake human thirsts.

From Washington Times Sep. 13, 2020

Improv musician Marc Rebillet uses a loop machine and strong WiFi to quench our thirsts.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2020

They all rested like that, absolutely quiet, drinking more slowly now that their thirsts had been quenched, eyes vaguely fixed on shadow-casting objects downhill.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

And yet we found shelter within it, we pondered our lives and the lives of others, thirsted, slept.

From Scientific American Nov. 19, 2022

While the Islamic State sought hegemony among jihadist groups and thirsted for territorial expansion, Al Qaeda’s affiliates showed increasing readiness to cooperate with other groups and little appetite for occupation.

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2022

Sondland, the college-dropout son of immigrants who fled Nazi Germany, thirsted for an ambassadorship for decades.

From Washington Post May 6, 2022

England’s expanding colonies always thirsted for more Indian lands, but the French claimed vast territories without fully occupying them.

From Textbooks Jan. 18, 2018

But what I had always thirsted for were the details: the way her hair glinted in the sunlight, her favorite ice cream flavor, the songs she liked to hum, did she bite her nails?

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Venture Global, which went public last year and is valued at roughly $39 billion, has positioned its Gulf Coast terminals as the answer to Asian and European buyers thirsting for new volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

"That two undocumented migrants were the only ones who physically risked themselves to help the victim of a pack thirsting for horror leaves much food for thought and a series of lessons," Mayor Rey said.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2025

Kentridge brings it to America thirsting for even less good yeses and noes.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 8, 2025

After all the uncertainty of the pandemic, people are thirsting to hear a cause, a vision, a plan for moving on.

From Seattle Times Feb. 18, 2023

We slipped in and out of wakefulness, wincing at the soreness in our muscles, and thirsting for more of that tart lemonade.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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