consume

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The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped roughly a fifth of the oil the world consumes daily, forcing some producers to start curtailing production.

From The Wall Street Journal

Several thousand ships remain stuck inside and outside the Persian Gulf, trapping roughly a fifth of the oil and liquefied natural gas the world consumes each day.

From The Wall Street Journal

"And now, this same group will be consuming fiction made by robots."

From Barron's

The findings point to a carbohydrate rich diet and provide strong evidence that fermented foods and beverages were regularly consumed.

From Science Daily

Developers must decide which algorithm is best suited for a specific task, and that choice is often complicated and time consuming in the fast growing field of multimodal AI.

From Science Daily