swallow up
Example Sentences
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I think public-private partnerships are good things to have, but the private aspect of that partnership cannot swallow up the public good.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025
A huge sinkhole in a street is Surrey is continuing to grow and swallow up more road, with the county council declaring a major incident.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025
In the spleen, most of the infected cells detected were frontline immune cells -- macrophages and monocytes -- known as phagocytes whose job is to swallow up invading organisms.
From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023
“It will swallow up the majority of our social services payment.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2023
They were the despised and rejected, the wretched and the spat upon, the earth’s offscouring; and he was in their company, and they would swallow up his soul.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
