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swallow

verb as in believe without much thought

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It took a team more than 12 hours to remove the tumour from her mouth to ensure she would be able to eat, speak and swallow again.

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Sun -- a pseudonym AFP is using to protect his identity -- is one of thousands of Chinese people swallowed up by the scam factories.

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At the centre of the galaxy is a hungry supermassive black hole, which swallows up lots of material around it and uses the extra energy to spit out intense light beams.

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This was the Dodgers once again swallowing all the pressure and refusing to relent.

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A child is again the victim in “An Eye in the Throat,” in which a toddler swallows a calculator battery, causing severe internal burns.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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