devour

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

Erosion fights are raging on coastlines nationwide as sea-level rise and intense storms devour beaches and prime real estate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Postsurgery, she began to devour several novels a week—but only about romance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 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

Ford, Sam, and I talk about our day as we devour the appetizers.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

"If you don't run from it and you try to face it, it devours you," Ecologio Cabrera, 86, told AFP after fleeing with nothing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

What AI does with words it devours is different from just copying and regurgitating the content verbatim, so many people consider it fair use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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

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

From New York Times ● May 27, 2024

He devours a spoonful and says, “You’re weird.”

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

He played football for his school team, devoured Harry Potter and Percy Jackson novels, loved science-fiction films and spent hours teaching himself hard-rock guitar riffs.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

It was admirable that Wemby played chess and devoured paperbacks, but what was going to happen in crunch time, when an opponent socked him in the gut and tried to shake him?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 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

The chocolate dissolves on my tongue, and I think about the pounds of the stuff we devoured in the lesson rooms.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Strong winds and a tinder-dry landscape meant that the fire advanced at frightening speed, devouring large amounts of territory in very little time.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

She never finished high school, but compensated for her incomplete education by devouring books and absorbing ideas.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

Caligiuri now prefers devouring barbeque to polishing off opposing forwards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

Kavanagh had never set foot in the state and part of his steep California learning curve was devouring as many newspapers — back when they abounded — as he could.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026

She rifled through it, devouring a chicken leg, a piece of cheese, a handful of grapes.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby