not swallow
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But his futile effort reminds me of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s warning that “politics must not swallow up all of a people’s spiritual and creative energies.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2022
“If Microsoft wants to bet on the ‘metaverse,’ it should invest in new technology, not swallow up a competitor.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 18, 2022
Futhu’s mother arrived with fish curry and rice, but her son could not swallow through the pain.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2019
"The exception for bulk collection will not swallow the general rule," Litt writes.
From Reuters • Feb. 27, 2016
I could not move my tongue, could not swallow.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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