absorbed

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Chevron CEO Mike Wirth told a packed room on Monday that oil prices had not yet fully absorbed the effects of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Following the Fukushima disaster in 2011, LNG shipments absorbed the shock of Japan shutting down its nuclear reactors and kept the power grid running.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

With a traditional defined-benefit plan, the employer absorbed the ups and downs of the market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Liquid can move through these pathways, either draining out or being absorbed into the foam when it comes into contact with it.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

His wife was under the fern exactly where he’d left her, absorbed in the life of her book.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig