consume
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Cyclospora is spread when people consume foods or drink water that are contaminated with feces.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
We consume lists of the worst airports and wonder at accounts of illness-plagued cruises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Superconductive materials that can operate at room temperature would forever change the way we consume energy," explains Törmä.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
The publisher push comes as Netflix faces mounting pressure from platforms that have reshaped how audiences consume video.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
No power could hold this army back, no water disperse them, no fire consume them.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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The first chapter still consumes me with grief, anger, and inherited trauma.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
The bot is privy to every bathroom trip he takes, every morsel of food he consumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
This separation is a phase change that consumes energy, inducing a cooling effect, like when steam evaporates off a cup of hot water.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Tesla has made an overt pivot toward AI, namely humanoid robots and autonomous vehicles, and that transformation now consumes investors’ attention.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
The blurred tree towering overhead consumes the sun; the ground is dead; I gasp for rain and wind. scene: The Queen BesideHrothulf’s Bed.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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The lawsuit also touches on a bigger question that has consumed white-collar employees for years: How exactly do companies choose who to include in a layoff?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
A large review published in Frontiers in Nutrition examined the available evidence and found that people who consumed the most chili peppers were more likely to develop certain gastrointestinal cancers, especially esophageal cancer.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Malcolm Timbrell, 70, and his wife Annette Kilgore, 69, lived in the village of Bédar, in Almeria province, which was consumed by flames last Thursday evening, leaving 13 people dead.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
At field stations and in Stanford laboratories, the scientists measured how much oxygen each organism consumed under different water temperatures.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
They consumed the pages and were consumed by ideas.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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When Lillard was diagnosed in the mid 1950's, talk and concern of the incurable disease was all consuming.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Wood is concerned that it’s not just their cashflow they are consuming so rapidly, but the rate at which they are incurring debt.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
This lends an intriguing additional layer to Iago’s festering, consuming hatred: Even his own wife is a potential rival, in addition to, he believes, having slept with Othello.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Several studies, including one from the UC Cooperative Extension of Sonoma County, have shown that consuming produce in a fire-affected area poses minimal health risks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Comparing texts word by word turned out to be quite the consuming task.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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