soak

Example Sentences

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With less of a regulatory nudge, companies can soak up round after round of funding from investors looking for exponential returns.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Chelsea's plan was to sit back, soak up the pressure and look to hit City on the break.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Fox’s “Baywatch” reboot will also film in Los Angeles to soak in the well-known beach locations of Venice and Santa Monica.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

But it has for years been unable to replicate the retail-banking returns of peers with vast nationwide networks that soak up supercheap checking account deposits.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

I didn’t mind the cereal if I could soak it in milk, letting the cream gather up the grist and seep into the pellets, but since the revelation we’d been having it with water.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover