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Recent Examples of salivate
The crispy chicken dumplings, tuna crispy rice, and wagyu beef are all worth salivating over.
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Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
As a label, Louboutin is always a little decadent and delicious, thanks to its sky-high stilettos and fun flats, which tend to have fans salivating at the mouth and coveting more.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Democrats are salivating as Musk voices his opinions during interviews and provides material that could politically benefit the minority party.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
House Republicans are salivating over their chances in purple seats thanks to ambitious Democrats eyeing newly open Senate slots.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
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Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
As a label, Louboutin is always a little decadent and delicious, thanks to its sky-high stilettos and fun flats, which tend to have fans salivating at the mouth and coveting more.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Democrats are salivating as Musk voices his opinions during interviews and provides material that could politically benefit the minority party.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
House Republicans are salivating over their chances in purple seats thanks to ambitious Democrats eyeing newly open Senate slots.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salivate
Verb
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There’s nothing wrong with ogling a juicy rack of ribs or drooling over a hunk of brisket slowly smoking over hot coals.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
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In the painting Meaningless, 2003, for example, the words meaningless, senseless, and irrelevant eventually give way to blather, blabber, babble, then to drivel and drool, and, finally, to blah-blah-blah.—
Jeffrey Weiss,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
Verb
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What does that do to people’s psyches that had served their country and now they’re being spit at?—
Ashley Spencer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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Time and time again, the AI spit out images that were strikingly, unmistakably...—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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“Salivate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salivate. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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