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guzzle

[guhz-uhl] / ˈgʌz əl /


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Swap out your air filter: A clogged filter chokes airflow, forcing your AC to guzzle more power to do the same job.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Data centres could guzzle 9.32 trillion litres of water by 2030, enough to meet the annual basic water needs of the entire population of sub-Saharan Africa, the report said.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

He has started searching out lighter hauls and avoiding hilly routes that guzzle fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 22, 2026

But: With osteoporosis the clear nemesis in all of this, it’s time to guzzle milk and inhale other calcium-rich food to shore up my bones, right?

From Slate Feb. 27, 2025

‘They is going two times as fast as me and they is finishing their guzzle before we is halfway.’

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

Lucy Matthews drives a 1994 Jeep Wrangler that doesn’t have air conditioning, roars as loud as a tractor and absolutely guzzles gasoline.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

But as with most supercars, it guzzles down gas fast.

From Seattle Times Aug. 23, 2023

Then Mr. Fetterman guzzles the bottle and gratefully tosses the kid a T-shirt.

From New York Times Nov. 5, 2022

In the two-minute video, Paddington guzzles tea in front of the queen, before offering a spare marmalade sandwich to make up for his poor table manners.

From Washington Times Sep. 20, 2022

She guzzles a vial of her specially made Belle-rose elixir and climbs onto the bed.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

While he munched and guzzled on donuts, fried chicken and glasses of wine through the first film, now he’s drinking espresso and enjoying “croy-sants” and gelato in Europe.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2025

Two dogs helped prevent Tonni, a tiny loggerhead sea turtle, from being guzzled by gulls on Moel y Don beach on Anglesey on Thursday.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2023

There are only 15 minutes between shows, just enough to fit in a wardrobe change, a bathroom break and a rapidly guzzled Diet Coke.

From Salon Oct. 15, 2022

As he explains in his new memoir, “Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama,” Odenkirk was a product of an ’80s and ’90s Gen-X alternative comedy scene that guzzled irony like cheap beer.

From Washington Post Mar. 9, 2022

He guzzled his water, relishing the wet coolness as it washed down his dry throat.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

Along steep and narrow trails, a few rustic taverns for wine guzzling seem incongruous in the midst of all of the ruggedness.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

“Indeed, neither the Gulf war nor Russia-Ukraine could stop oil barrels guzzling out.”

From MarketWatch Jan. 28, 2026

In Los Angeles, there are many characteristically creative options to help stave off the existential despair of politics, such as stress relief workshops, guzzling cold-pressed juices and special taco deals.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2024

The ruling disrupted fertility treatments that are expensive, physically and emotionally taxing, and extremely time-sensitive, guzzling precious resources that many couples did not have.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2024

Squat there, heaving—yes, I throw up, too—throw up the water I’m guzzling to keep hydrated.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson




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