whet
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The talk has ceased, but a successful acquisition of Greenland could whet his appetite anew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
To whet your appetite, there's already a Glastonbury Hits Channel on iPlayer, streaming classic tracks from previous years – with highlights including Oasis, Little Simz, The Who and Lady Gaga.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
The idea, Disney officials said, is to whet people’s appetites and encourage upgrades to the full bundle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
“Dune: Prophecy,” a prequel based on Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s “Great Schools of Dune” trilogy, has about six hours to set the table and whet our appetite.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2024
As so often happens in science, their discoveries only whet the appetite for more research, which in turn created a demand for bigger, more expensive accelerators.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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But it's perhaps a fight with Verstappen that whets the appetite most.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
While just a sampling, the show whets one’s appetite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
And after 2021’s “Candyman,” it welcomes more of Barker’s nightmarish canon back to the screen and whets the appetite for dark and dangerous horror tales to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Your documentary whets my appetite to watch or rewatch almost all of the films you showcase.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2022
“Because there is a force that wants you to realize your Personal Legend; it whets your appetite with a taste of success.”
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
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That ritual whetted his curiosity about his nation’s native spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
The swathes of fertile farmland in Sudan, Africa's third-largest country and a potential agricultural breadbasket, have whetted the appetite of the desert Gulf countries across the Red Sea.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Its appetite whetted, DraftKings moved to incorporate NFTs into its fantasy sports contest business by securing exclusive rights to all NFL players’ names, images and likenesses — together known as NIL rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
"I hope that Perseverance has just whetted our appetite for more Martian exploration," Czaja said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024
The event only whetted the bandits’ taste for the Laughing Man’s blood, and finally he was obliged to lock up the whole bunch of them in a deep but pleasantly decorated mausoleum.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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Many of the images are succeeding in drawing attention — but for reasons that have little to do with whetting diners’ appetites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Williams beat 35th-ranked Peyton Stearns on her comeback in Washington, whetting her appetite for more competitive action.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
With joy in short supply these days, whetting our focus on what matters counts.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025
But in LIV Golf’s case - at least after one year - the nearly four-month break only created skepticism of its future instead of whetting the appetite.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
They’d spent most of the afternoon gathering supplies for the hunt—water, dried foods, whetting stones for their weapons.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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