absorb
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"Their economic impact has so far been limited, but the costs of climate change are rising and future shocks may be harder to absorb," she wrote.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Last year Indiana offered to open its doors to the disaffected counties, and absorb all the Illinois residents who wanted to break away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
“Binance will absorb the financial impact of the stolen funds, not our users,” the company said Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
"Binance will absorb the financial impact of these stolen funds, not our users," the company said in a statement on Saturday.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Before we had a chance to absorb all that news, we were hit by even worse; on Hitler's orders, thousands of Polish Jews, perhaps as many as 17,000, had been expelled from Germany.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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But genuinely funny moments are rare, badly outnumbered by done-to-death musings regarding the mysteries of being alive and torturous melodramatic moments in which Klara dully absorbs the severity of Josie’s illness and Chrissy’s sorrow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
When we see Ho-seok scolded at a grueling new job for endangering himself, he mutely absorbs it and shuffles to the side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
But the number on the label does not necessarily match the calories your body actually absorbs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Bare ice is darker and less reflective than fresh snow, so absorbs more of the Sun's energy.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
In sucking the blood it absorbs also the germs which are contained in it, and thus is infected.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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Both provide amino acids that the body uses to build and maintain tissues, but they are digested and absorbed at different rates.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
He said residents were also worried about flooding as the fields currently absorbed "vast amounts of rainwater".
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
At the same time, existing Indigenous and Afro-diasporic cosmologies were either erased or absorbed, hiding in plain sight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
He said there is less slack in the economy relative to a year ago, and expects the remaining spare capacity to be absorbed during the next two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
I pointed with my lips across the fire to Minerva, who was absorbed in chewing through a bag of porcupine quills she’d harvested last week when we ran across its carcass.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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By creating these new pathways, the material can continue absorbing forces around potential fractures instead of failing abruptly.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Heavy periods, low dietary iron, gastrointestinal blood loss and problems absorbing iron through the gut can all play a role.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
With its harmonically lush score and emotionally raw libretto, “The Mothers of Kherson,” though frequently absorbing, is no “Guernica” in sound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Then he threw an out-and-up to Puka Nacua, absorbing a big hit as he released the ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
I stare at the screen, absorbing word by word a sliver of my life that changed everything.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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