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‘A thirst can be for water.’

[⟨det thirst.nfor.p (k water.n)]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the LORD.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

America’s thirst for bottled water seems unquenchable, reaching nearly 30 billion bottles a year, says the U.S. News & World Report.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

U.S. consumers have a big thirst for bottled water, buying more than 8 billion gallons of it in 2007 alone, according to the International Bottled Water Association.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

While sojourning in this dry and seemingly empty ravine, this wadi that has suddenly opened up in your life, you might find a growing thirst for water.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“These grants will help quench the West’s thirst for water in eight states by providing funds to 15 projects that will improve the efficient use of existing water supplies, “Kempthorne said.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He uttered the most stark (for a public official) assessment of the damage caused by L. A.’s thirst for imported water, saying that, in the Owens Valley? we left in our wake an environmental calamity.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Galasso’s support for cannibalizing the Village can be explained by his own thirst for Village water and his support for unrestrained sprawl development.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Here in California, where our thirst for water is even longer than our memories, we knew about this Texas billionaire long before 2004.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The days are coming,? declares the Sovereign Lord,? when I will send a famine through the land? not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord,?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

’ ’ when I will send a famine through the land? not a famine of food or a thirst for water,? but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. – Amos 8:11).?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Israel’s thirst for fresh water means the country continues to pump vast amounts from the lake, which is falling by between one and two centimetres a day
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I am dry as the armpit of the desert wind of change in the sands of a drout that is going on like a thirst for fresh water or a bottle of cider or beer or wine or any other bottle of booze that is no…
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It should also be remembered that the vision of the fruit basket with which chapter 8 began was explained as signifying that the temple songs would be turned to mourning as the land became littered with bodies (8:2 – 3). 8:11 – 12 11) Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine upon the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.
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In Wikipedia:

Then shall the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. Amos 8:11, 12. 13.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Americans’ seemingly insatiable thirst for bottled water seems to be slowing, according to new industry stats.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Amos 8:11 (NIV) “The days are coming,’ ’ declares the Sovereign LORD,’ ’ when I will send a famine through the land? not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

MONTREAL – Quebec should tap into the growing thirst for water by laying the groundwork for bulk water exports that could earn the province
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

That time has been like the thirst for water when my spirits are low and when my vitality is high the reservoir begins to overflow.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

One does not speak when one is abstaining From the trivialities of a passing world, One lectures about the virtue of an ancient wisdom Or rants in a delirious thirst for water and meaning.
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Queried on 2013-06-18.