lap up
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Here, marmots crawl inside vehicles to chew hoses and lap up fluid, sometimes disabling cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Warrington teenager cupped his ears to lap up the adulation of a delirious crowd while fellow Englishman Aspinall laughed in disbelief before he gave Littler a high five.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Then there’s the real world—the one where readers and viewers lap up celebrity updates, clickbait headlines, and bleed-and-lead news segments.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Or just to the days when the problems that have long racked L.A. didn’t lap up to the denizens of Prattland — until they did?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
But she held it in where it could lap up into her eyes.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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