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devour

[dih-vau-uhr, -vau-er] / dɪˈvaʊ ər, -ˈvaʊ ər /


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I still devour new music this way, clocking a daily average of four hours of tunes familiar and novel.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

For him and his family, this is a rare chance to devour durians "of good quality, and sometimes at nearly half the price of previous seasons".

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Tech is having a tough week, with fresh fears AI is going to devour software and now Alphabet’s eye-popping capital spending plans to absorb.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 2026

When I see my girlfriend devour books faster than the popcorn she keeps within arm’s reach, I feel guilty — and envious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

The atmosphere feels hungry, like every sixteen-year-old is trying to devour as much as he can get of this last day.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

"He's someone who devours books, who needs to talk about them."

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

That hot, hard rock devours conventional drill bits and makes a hash of the concrete usually poured deep underground around the steel pipes required to line such a well and keep it from collapsing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

The practical jokes on the show appeal to a younger generation that devours prank videos — from MrBeast to Dude Perfect — across YouTube and other social media platforms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025

In his 60s, he remains a marvel of gyroscopic elegance, a small man who devours space largely.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2024

“Now come off there before the sea or something in it devours your semi-worthless hide.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

The fires devoured forests left tinder-dry by successive heatwaves and lack of rain since May.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

At the fan convention, Serena Nguyen, 22, said she devoured the entire “Off Campus” book series during a difficult period in high school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

It arrived at the peak of unscripted television’s popularity — a period when audiences devoured shows like “Survivor” and “American Idol” at their regularly scheduled times on television.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

"We have tentatively suggested that the long palps might allow the male to keep a safer distance during mating and help him avoid being attacked and devoured by the highly aggressive female."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

Soon the whole stove was covered with hot flames that licked and devoured everything they touched.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper

An NBA player swears it brought him good luck after devouring it the night before a big game.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Davis loved to read and collect books, devouring anything from John Updike and Margaret Atwood, among other authors, a passion that necessitated having bookshelves in every room of his home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Scavenger animals such as possums, red foxes and crows can be exposed to the virus while devouring the carcasses of infected birds.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

The fire erupted Tuesday in the Var region and spread at an unexpectedly fast pace, forcing some 400 people to evacuate and devouring 2,550 hectares.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

When Vincent had tried to make up with Van Rappard, he’d asked him if he knew about Delacroix, who painted “like a lion devouring his piece of flesh.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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