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swallow

[swol-oh] / ˈswɒl oʊ /


VERB
believe without much thought
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But by 2035, data centres are forecast to swallow up one-third of Malaysia's total energy consumption, the deputy prime minister told parliament in July.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Rodriguez was even more direct, saying, “I think those are all tethered together to make you swallow the poison.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

"It's a bitter pill to swallow to have to pay tax for something which was not my fault," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

It can be a bitter pill to swallow.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

I was so scared I had to swallow four or five times before any words came out.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

This is the moment the planet's second largest living creature opens its giant jaws and swallows thousands of gallons of water during feeding.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

In “Rare Bird” a woman in 18th-century England finds pleasure in the company of a new friend, who helps her test a claim from the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus that swallows hibernate underwater.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Smoke swallows civilization while sparks fall around the baroque column of the Fuente de los Luceros.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

"Simply put, it swallows up matter and influences how stars in nearby galaxies grow."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 30, 2026

She swallows, glancing back down at the papers in her hand, the results of a test I already know the answer to.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

Among them is 56-year-old housewife Aytac Yakar who was forced to flee her home village of Isikdere when it was swallowed up by a mine in 2018.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

There was "enough sorcery and thrills and adventure" to sustain the spectacle, she wrote, and the filmmakers had managed to tell a sprawling story without being swallowed by it.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

After a sinkhole swallowed his driveway in September, Nicolas Cage has received permits to remove debris and guard the home from further damage brought by tropical storms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

DoorDash swallowed up premium delivery service Caviar in 2019, along with several logistics companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Also, if he was listing grievances, he often wished that they’d had the sense not to name him after a guy who got swallowed up by a whale.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The dolphin arrived with "serious vision problems" and other health issues, it said, and "began having difficulties swallowing and respiratory problems" in the hours before she died.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Scientists have observed many planetary systems with stable orbits, along with a small number of stars caught rapidly swallowing their planetary companions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

In that sense, blindly swallowing AI’s positive hype can be as dangerous as its alleged existential risks.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The condition can be painful and make swallowing difficult, and it can cause chest pain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I try swallowing some, and it doesn't taste as bad as seawater, but it definitely isn't good to eat.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman


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