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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

George says that England's form in training and a return to Twickenham for the first time since a thunderous 23-22 Six Nations win over Ireland in March have whetted his appetite for the match.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

Such prospects have whetted the appetites of not just explorers and entrepreneurs, but also space scientists.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 20, 2023

Although many of the samples are yet to be gathered for a journey to Earth that remains years in the future, those already collected have whetted researchers’ appetite for their return home.

From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2023

"His eloquence is sometimes too sharp, and therefore I have blunted it, and sometimes too dull, and therefore I have whetted it, helping him to ebb and helping him to rise."

From Early Theories of Translation by Amos, Flora Ross