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has been thirsting

  • present perfect progressive of thirst (3rd person singular).

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Brazil famously lost, 7-1, to Germany in the 2014 World Cup, of which it was the host team, and has been thirsting for revenge ever since.

From The New Yorker Jun. 8, 2018

This gives that satisfaction to the mind for which it has been thirsting.

From Essays of Schopenhauer by Schopenhauer, Arthur