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ingest

[in-jest] / ɪnˈdʒɛst /
VERB
swallow
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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It found that balloons were 32 times more likely to result in death than when birds ingest hard plastic.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

They’d ingest all of your financial information into their software and would have checklists to make sure they got all the relevant information.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Nanoplastics are already a concern because people may ingest them directly, but new research points to another possible danger.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

I don’t think it’s great if you accidentally ingest one of them.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

That’s a real family-thing to do, to ingest somebody else’s backwash.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

The novel begins when Gelsomina ingests five parasitic worms after lapping up lake water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

She declares herself a powerful deity and explains that God is essentially a “tube” that constantly ingests and secretes experiences and things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

The reaction, called alpha-gal syndrome, occurs when an infected person eats beef, pork, venison or other meat from mammals — or ingests milk, gelatin or other mammal products.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

The reaction, called alpha-gal syndrome, occurs when an infected person eats beef, pork, venison or other meat from mammals - or ingests milk, gelatin or other mammal products.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

One ingests a horse-doctor's dose of words, but fails to acquire any illumination.

From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

The coastguard said dogs could be attracted to the smell and might try to eat it - and if it was ingested it could cause a fatal reaction.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

I knew very little about Carolyn, but I ingested so many photos of her far before this project was ever on my radar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

In the environment, microplastics can be ingested by fish and other wildlife, potentially moving up the food chain and eventually reaching humans.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026

Even a day later, contemplating this willfully nauseating work carries much the same sensation as having ingested a plate of bad clams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

“Connected, infected, ingested, digested—I can feel our destination in my gut. It’s the only nourishment I need!”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Last month it was reported a dog died after ingesting algae at Coniston Water.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Much depends on what’s raising your body temperature in the first place — if you have a fever due to an infection, for example, see a doctor rather than ingesting peppermint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

It’s a position that has put Palantir at odds with leading AI labs, whom Karp has characterized as looking to “colonize” their customers by ingesting their business intelligence and proprietary data.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

But with AI models both ingesting and creating data at breakneck speed, demand and pricing growth for data storage looks durable, Morgan Stanley argued.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Did I worry about ingesting some horrid bacteria?

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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