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swallow

[swol-oh] / ˈswɒl oʊ /


VERB
believe without much thought
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"When a black hole tears apart a star, it does not swallow everything neatly," Goodwin stated.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

This is particularly hard to swallow if there are children who have not treated a parent well or if a second spouse inherits the lion’s share of an estate, to the detriment of the children.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

The two stops on Kehlani’s self-titled world tour had to be postponed after the two-time Grammy winner needed to seek treatment at a hospital for pain that prevented her from being able to swallow.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The city’s pension and debt payments already swallow roughly 40% of its net operating budget.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Watching those men work gave Nate an uneasy feeling—like he’d bitten into something rotten, something he couldn’t spit out or swallow.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis

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

"In most of those cases, what happens is the supermarket swallows those losses. And that impacts their margins," she says.

From BBC May 24, 2026

Paramount Skydance Chairman David Ellison defended his commitment to release 30 movies a year once his media company swallows Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

My brother shows up and swallows ten of them without chewing, chugs a glass of milk, and then says, “Let’s go!”

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

About 66 million years ago, a large dinosaur, possibly a T. rex or Nanotyrannus, swallowed a bird.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Within seconds, it swallowed the cluster of buildings where the 34-year-old lived.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

You don’t want your precious donations to be swallowed up by administrative fees. Guidestar.org, Charitynavigator.org and Give.org, which is affiliated with the Better Business Bureau, all aim to help donors give wisely.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

She packed up her two worn decks of tarot cards, some small carved stone figurines and headed for home before the darkness swallowed Old Havana again.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Handsome swallowed another lump in his throat before speaking.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The wave tore through the Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant where Adhikari worked, swallowing buildings and leaving only dark-gray sludge.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Traffic cones are set back from the crater, which appears to be perilously close to swallowing the house's double garage.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

Thinking out loud and swallowing it back, basically.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Large, careful trials have not found that swallowing high-dose vitamin C helps people with established cancer live longer.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Boaz clutched his cup of coffee, swallowing a yawn.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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