slurp
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You can slurp your way along the Damariscotta at any time of year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The waiter explained how to eat them — pinch the top, slurp carefully — which is perfect for first-timers.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
Culex mosquitoes typically target birds rather than humans, and tend to be satisfied with one slurp of blood, making them comparatively less annoying than Aedes mosquitoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
The King pulled his pint before Mr Mills asked him if he was "going to have a slurp of that".
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025
I slurp my coffee as we travel, finding that the cream and sugar greatly enhance its flavor.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
North of Zengamina another bitcoin mine slurps up excess energy from a hydro-electric plant run by Virunga National Park in the Congo.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
Plants are green because such wavelengths of light help it keep a consistent vacuum on the electromagnetic energy it slurps from the sun.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2024
Seated on plastic chairs next to a street food stand tucked in an alleyway, the 47-year-old Haitian slurps orange-colored soup out of a metal bowl next to his 9-year-old son.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
It slurps and slithers around in your head in great smeary splodges, like a cornucopia of slugs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
She slurps the last of the noodles, carrots, and broth until it’s all gone.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
They slurped the cafe’s signature lavashak smoothie — a tart mixture including peaches, various berries and pomegranate molasses — and munched on slow-cooked lamb over nachos with melty Armenian string cheese.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Men and women from their 20s to their 70s slurped hakka noodles and sipped pinot grigio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
It traverses ostentatious chilled seafood platters and glass eel pinxtos just before I slurped them down on the street in San Sebastian, Spain.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2024
Latex floating on the top of the remaining liquid is slurped up with a pipette and rinsed up to three times for purification, and then dried.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2024
She slurped her drink, her eyes averted from me.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
My earliest memories of slurping those warm, squiggly noodles are from sick days spent nestled under the sheets in my childhood bedroom.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
By sniffing beans and slurping coffee, these elite graders help keep the commodities market running: Their ratings help set U.S. futures-market prices for arabica.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
For the 23-year-old Christmas can be a particularly difficult time as the sounds of other people, chewing, slurping and sniffling make her feel extremely uncomfortable.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
While slurping, the insect excretes a substance that weakens the tree's defenses and causes damage that impedes the flow of nutrients between root and crown, he said.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2024
We sat and drank our tea in total silence, except for the intermittent sound of slurping.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
Vocabulary lists containing slurp
"On the Menu" and "Find the Adaptations"
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