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One court warned that public nuisance would become “a monster that would devour in one gulp the entire law of tort.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

For him and his family, this is a rare chance to devour durians "of good quality, and sometimes at nearly half the price of previous seasons".

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Tech is having a tough week, with fresh fears AI is going to devour software and now Alphabet’s eye-popping capital spending plans to absorb.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 2026

When I see my girlfriend devour books faster than the popcorn she keeps within arm’s reach, I feel guilty — and envious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

Olka could devour a four-hundred-page tome in a night, could remember the details, could untangle the themes.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

"If you don't run from it and you try to face it, it devours you," Ecologio Cabrera, 86, told AFP after fleeing with nothing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

That hot, hard rock devours conventional drill bits and makes a hash of the concrete usually poured deep underground around the steel pipes required to line such a well and keep it from collapsing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

In Screen Gab No. 142, the actor behind Alyn of Hull stops by to discuss ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, our editor devours ‘Presumed Innocent’ and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024

In his 60s, he remains a marvel of gyroscopic elegance, a small man who devours space largely.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2024

As the flowers flare up, a burst of blue flame envelops the rose and devours it.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

His articles in the Red Star were devoured by tens of millions of readers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Some 10,500 people were being evacuated from their homes near the city of Perpignan in southwestern France as firefighters tried to control a blaze that has devoured 1,650 hectares, authorities said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

"Books devoured me, they ate me," she said.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

It arrived at the peak of unscripted television’s popularity — a period when audiences devoured shows like “Survivor” and “American Idol” at their regularly scheduled times on television.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

Jonathan gratefully took it, broke off a piece for the boy, then greedily devoured his own portion.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

Toiling around the clock, haggard Indonesian firefighters on Borneo island cannot keep up with the blazes devouring landscapes and shrouding communities in a cloying haze.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Scavenger animals such as possums, red foxes and crows can be exposed to the virus while devouring the carcasses of infected birds.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

A contractor in Steamboat Springs, Colo., opened his truck door in June to find a bear cub devouring his lunch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

It’s only people like Ruth, who thanklessly work to allay that suffering even in the smallest ways, that keep the darkness from devouring us whole.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

I am the snake of the world devouring its tail!

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness