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salivated

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Among a certain set—particularly the one I grew up around in Manhattan—we salivated over whose name might be tarnished next.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Some preferred to include it in a stew, while others salivated over the golden-brown fried option.

From BBC • May 11, 2024

Crowds salivated for the chance to catch him in person and watch him tape “War Room.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 6, 2023

Ever since BioNTech and its occasional corporate partner Pfizer announced they had developed an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, biotech researchers have salivated over the promise of using mRNA vaccines on other pathogens.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2022

One of the smaller girls salivated so heavily the chocolate dribbled syruplike from the comer of her mouth.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin