guzzle

Swap out your air filter: A clogged filter chokes airflow, forcing your AC to guzzle more power to do the same job.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

PHOENIX—A new style of architecture is rising in the sprawling suburbs of the Sonoran Desert: windowless data centers that hum 24 hours a day and guzzle as much electricity as a midsize city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Data centres could guzzle 9.32 trillion litres of water by 2030, enough to meet the annual basic water needs of the entire population of sub-Saharan Africa, the report said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

But: With osteoporosis the clear nemesis in all of this, it’s time to guzzle milk and inhale other calcium-rich food to shore up my bones, right?

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2025

Even the word "milk," which I think probably sounds like what milk sounds like when you guzzle it.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds

Trust is why the world unhesitatingly guzzles a dark, mysterious liquid that might otherwise appear toxic—because it bears the Coke brand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that residential landscaping across the U.S. guzzles nearly 8 billion gallons of water daily: more than we use for showering and washing clothes combined.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

In the two-minute video, Paddington guzzles tea in front of the queen, before offering a spare marmalade sandwich to make up for his poor table manners.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

The Abrams typically weighs nearly 80 tons, and it has a gas-turbine engine that infamously guzzles fuel and would create an even greater logistical burden on Ukrainian forces, the U.S. official said.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022

She guzzles a vial of her specially made Belle-rose elixir and climbs onto the bed.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

California, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado and Utah all boast alfalfa farms that stretch across thousands of acres and the crop has guzzled up plenty of water in these states, too.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023

She enrolled in a free parenting course and a theatre course, "guzzled" up the information and wanted more.

From BBC ● May 26, 2023

Last Friday, he marked the debut in Israel of a familiar American convenience store chain with a tweet proclaiming, “Oh, thank heaven for 7-11” and an accompanying video in which he joyously guzzled a Slurpee.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

As he explains in his new memoir, “Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama,” Odenkirk was a product of an ’80s and ’90s Gen-X alternative comedy scene that guzzled irony like cheap beer.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2022

“Will you take my sandwich, as well?” he asked as Cora guzzled from his waterskin.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

He began to lose weight and started guzzling water "like he was in a desert", his mum, Carys Hobbs-Sargeant, said.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

Along steep and narrow trails, a few rustic taverns for wine guzzling seem incongruous in the midst of all of the ruggedness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

“Indeed, neither the Gulf war nor Russia-Ukraine could stop oil barrels guzzling out.”

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026

Companies that run data centers are facing increasing scrutiny for guzzling water in the dry western U.S. as artificial intelligence fuels a boom in the industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025

“She’s going to find Sister Benedicta. You just carry on guzzling, girl. Don’t you worry about it. We’re going back to the kitchen now. Blooming cold out here, en’t it?”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman