devour
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Erosion fights are raging on coastlines nationwide as sea-level rise and intense storms devour beaches and prime real estate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Postsurgery, she began to devour several novels a week—but only about romance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 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
“Of course it’s true. Division is a fairly recent beast that wants to devour us.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
I was experiencing nostalgia for the life I’d had before, which I would lose at any second, when the world turned and began to devour itself.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing devour
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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