devour
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I still devour new music this way, clocking a daily average of four hours of tunes familiar and novel.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 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
The atmosphere feels hungry, like every sixteen-year-old is trying to devour as much as he can get of this last day.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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"He's someone who devours books, who needs to talk about them."
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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
The practical jokes on the show appeal to a younger generation that devours prank videos — from MrBeast to Dude Perfect — across YouTube and other social media platforms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025
In his 60s, he remains a marvel of gyroscopic elegance, a small man who devours space largely.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2024
“Now come off there before the sea or something in it devours your semi-worthless hide.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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The fires devoured forests left tinder-dry by successive heatwaves and lack of rain since May.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
At the fan convention, Serena Nguyen, 22, said she devoured the entire “Off Campus” book series during a difficult period in high school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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
Soon the whole stove was covered with hot flames that licked and devoured everything they touched.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
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An NBA player swears it brought him good luck after devouring it the night before a big game.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Davis loved to read and collect books, devouring anything from John Updike and Margaret Atwood, among other authors, a passion that necessitated having bookshelves in every room of his home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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
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
When Vincent had tried to make up with Van Rappard, he’d asked him if he knew about Delacroix, who painted “like a lion devouring his piece of flesh.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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