devour

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

In this whirlwind of a year, amid the tariffs of Liberation Day and other Supreme Court arguments, I carved out a precious block of time to devour Akhil Reed Amar’s latest masterpiece, “Born Equal.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

“Of course it’s true. Division is a fairly recent beast that wants to devour us.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

The forest that had seemed to devour its walls stood at a respectful distance.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

"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

He remarked, “The alchemical worm Ouroboros that encircles the world devours itself.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

The fires devoured forests left tinder-dry by successive heatwaves and lack of rain since May.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

The raven and a “silent partner” then snatched the helpless goslings and devoured them—a machination to make Poe proud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

"We have tentatively suggested that the long palps might allow the male to keep a safer distance during mating and help him avoid being attacked and devoured by the highly aggressive female."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

Once, in despair, he referred to Prometheus, chained to a rock, his liver devoured daily by a vulture.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The fire erupted Tuesday in the Var region and spread at an unexpectedly fast pace, forcing some 400 people to evacuate and devouring 2,550 hectares.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

She never finished high school, but compensated for her incomplete education by devouring books and absorbing ideas.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

Caligiuri now prefers devouring barbeque to polishing off opposing forwards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

Mine wasn’t quite that, but it was recognizably a real pizza that I had no problem devouring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

I also don’t understand the hunger in Tris’s eyes, devouring everything around us as if it alone can sustain her.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth