thirst
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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
Sandisk has already the rewards of AI’s thirst for memory.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Truong repeated one of the blessings from the Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Pax was aware of his hunger now, but his thirst was worse—he’d had nothing to drink since leaving his humans’ house.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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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
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Suddenly, Team USA was down to one out and the baseball world got the matchup it thirsted for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
And yet we found shelter within it, we pondered our lives and the lives of others, thirsted, slept.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 19, 2022
Sondland, the college-dropout son of immigrants who fled Nazi Germany, thirsted for an ambassadorship for decades.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2022
Chinese officials have openly thirsted for him to be punished.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2020
Dany hungered and thirsted with the rest of them.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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I saw thousands of Saudi men and women, young and old, thirsting for the sort of recreation that until very recently they had to travel abroad to enjoy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
"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
And sometimes the changes come like a whirlwind, dividing parishes between those thirsting for a more reverent Catholicism and those who feel their spiritual home has been taken from them.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
In an alternate universe, one where this city would be still thirsting for a World Series appearance, the 30-year-old Harper isn’t Philadelphia’s favorite transplant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
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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