thirst
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Data centers are running into a wall of public anger in the United States over their thirst for water and power.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
One caveat: Some researchers warn thirst can be delayed or reduced with age or certain medications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Quench your summertime thirst with the best spots for shaved ice in L.A., from raspados to kakigori.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Yet scientists are discovering that this everyday drink may be doing far more in the body than quenching thirst.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
“The exhausted troops, covered with a layer of black dust sticking to their sweat, looked like devils. The tired horses...had large open sores on their backs. The heat was burning, thirst intolerable.”
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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
Jason Sudeikis and Jason Mantzoukas have very different kinds of charms, yet both satisfy our thirsts.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2019
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
The move comes, again, as the Lakers have thirsted for some kind of consistency, a quest that’s been undone by injuries and an ongoing search for five Lakers that can consistently play with positive results.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
Though both won races across all of alpine’s disciplines, Vonn thirsted for the speed of downhill and its little sister super-G, in which she posted 71 of her 82 World Cup wins.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 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
“After that, I thirsted for wild adventure. Growing up on Staten Island, realizing my queerness in its sleepy working-class communities, I viewed Greenwich Village as Shangri-La.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2022
The taste was no less foul, but water was water, and all of them thirsted.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Investors have been thirsting for new issues, and big names including SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are readying debuts for later this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 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
“He’s a guy that’s been thirsting for knowledge. You love that. Any time you have guys like that, you want him to have success.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024
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
