gulp
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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
Instead, something like this could happen: Maybe a raw milk drinker will gulp down some bird flu virus.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024
Or, like many enterprising DIYers, you could go to L.A.’s downtown Flower District, save some money and — gulp — do your flowers yourself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
"I did see him surface and I think he took a gulp, and then I thought I saw him being thrown in the air," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
He begins to guzzle it, but I stop him on the third gulp.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
After last-minute gulps of water, everyone filters back into the heat of the desert and hurries to air out the cars’ ovenlike cabins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Again, don't hold your breath – the company has been losing money hand over fist, the blast furnaces are nearing the end of their useful life, and the cost of energy it gulps is enormous.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
“When this floodplain floods up, there’s kind of like big gulps that happen,” Rentner said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Two brothers survived by rationing bodybuilding supplements, drinking their own urine and swallowing gulps of air.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
“Sara and I need to discuss a class project. We’ll be outside,” she says, then gulps down her last sip of tea.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
Trout, their speckled flanks gleaming in the sun, gulped them down one by one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“The money question remains as to how many barrels vacated by India will be gulped up by the Chinese teapots,” Raj said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
And when a Labrador retriever owned by another company officer gulped down a bagel impaled with a toothpick, he said, most of the resulting $10,5000 surgical bill was covered as well.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
But his grandmother Elvire Desir chuckled as he hungrily gulped down his meal.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2024
The cub yipped with delight and gulped down the sick.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Nearby, crowds huddled in thin strips of shade outside pavilions, gulping free bottles of water that workers were distributing throughout the event.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
“You feel feverish, feel pain, and get tons of headaches. Once you’re at home, the pain starts. In you shoulders, back and arms,” Ródriguez said, gulping down water during a break.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
A few runners head home shortly after gulping down a quick glass of water, but most stay and socialize with one another for at least a couple of hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
The sensation is extremely unnatural and unpleasant, but I prefer sleeping with that discomfort over being so tired that I have to squeeze naps into my day like a dehydrated man gulping water.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2023
But then, instead of starting in on her speech about Los Angeles, she let her mouth drop open and nothing came out except a strange gulping sound.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
