swallow
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“Many people can’t get through it. They can’t swallow well enough. They can’t talk well enough. They can’t hold the glass or mix the drink on their own.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
If you are not careful, it will swallow you whole.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
That could be a difficult pill to swallow for investors amid the current AI backdrop and the pressure by AI on software stocks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
A drawdown means the Fed would absorb fewer Treasurys, leaving more for the market to swallow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
That some people willingly eat kippers and eggs for breakfast is a fact that others may find hard to swallow.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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It takes place within an open-air arena which not only resembles a giant bird nest but is also actually being used as one - swallows moved into the rafters within days of its completion.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
On Saturday, about 100 people came together at Big Bear’s Veterans Park for Steers’ memorial, as the nearby lake glittered and swallows weaved through blue skies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Every bit counts when health insurance swallows up so much of the budget.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
"Simply put, it swallows up matter and influences how stars in nearby galaxies grow."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 30, 2026
Next to me, Jay swallows a spoonful of mashed potatoes.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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So far, the raptor center says it has ruled out lead poisoning and the presence of swallowed objects, among other things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“It’s like this that humanism itself gets swallowed up by nihilism,” he adds, concretizing that image in his movie with many scenes of environmental degradation realized as crawling blobs of death.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
TOI-5882 has not yet expanded enough for its size alone to explain how it could have swallowed a planet.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
He tried calling the neighbor he had last seen before being swallowed by the earth, "but nothing."
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
I swallowed, wishing for Da so hard I had to turn my head to hide my face from Sean.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Kim Varet said her supporters have “obviously put a lot of thought into” which of the incumbents to support, but they have had a hard time swallowing the idea of voting for either.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
"People often imagine black holes simply swallowing everything around them," said lead author Dr. Noel Castro Segura, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Warwick.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Google parent Alphabet is financially the strongest big tech company, but even it is swallowing a free-cash-flow negative quarter—its first since its IPO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
I have to make sure they're not choking... because this disease has affected their muscles with their swallowing.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
The night was oddly silent, as if the darkness were swallowing all sound, even that of his footsteps.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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