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slurp

[slurp] / slɜrp /






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You can slurp your way along the Damariscotta at any time of year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Simply put, this is the time to indulge in a summer cobbler, slurp on a delicious cooked sesame noodle salad, or whip up an easy garden-fresh pasta.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

The infected ones have regressed further still and they’ve split into two sub-species: the grub-like “slow-low” zombies, who suck up worms with a vile slurp, and the Neanderthalish sprinters who hunt in packs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025

The King pulled his pint before Mr Mills asked him if he was "going to have a slurp of that".

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025

“You don’t know anything about what Olga would have wanted,” she says, and takes another slurp of tea.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

North of Zengamina another bitcoin mine slurps up excess energy from a hydro-electric plant run by Virunga National Park in the Congo.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025

Plants are green because such wavelengths of light help it keep a consistent vacuum on the electromagnetic energy it slurps from the sun.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2024

Steven, what did you have in mind when you wrote that French cafe scene where Von Rumpel slurps oysters while tormenting the poor waiter?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

Seated on plastic chairs next to a street food stand tucked in an alleyway, the 47-year-old Haitian slurps orange-colored soup out of a metal bowl next to his 9-year-old son.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2023

He slurps up some water, and after he’s done, Tank does the same.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

Entire cities have looked on with awe as foreign fans have swooped in and slurped up the supply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

They slurped the cafe’s signature lavashak smoothie — a tart mixture including peaches, various berries and pomegranate molasses — and munched on slow-cooked lamb over nachos with melty Armenian string cheese.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Soup Drops “will have soup fans feeling like they just slurped a spoonful of Progresso’s iconic Chicken Noodle Soup that they know and love,” the brand explained.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025

Latex floating on the top of the remaining liquid is slurped up with a pipette and rinsed up to three times for purification, and then dried.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2024

The people at the bar stared at me, but I didn’t care; I slurped louder.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

Tasting the coffee properly requires slurping it with gusto, hence the music to mask the sounds of dozens of people slurping and spitting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Other children grin as they immediately sit on the ground and start slurping on the spaghetti, eating it with their hands.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025

While slurping, the insect excretes a substance that weakens the tree's defenses and causes damage that impedes the flow of nutrients between root and crown, he said.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2024

Perhaps we in the press were still hungover after celebrating ourselves by schmoozing with celebrities and slurping up to politicians at the White House Correspondents Dinner the night before.

From Salon ● May 2, 2024

It’s a relief to hear that slurping sound as I drink my way down to the bottom.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar




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