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
Another shaped a tsunami out of clay, poised to swallow up one of the red wildflowers that are symbols of the border kibbutzim.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024
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
A looming, over-loaded bagel which threatens to swallow up the multiverse is one of many obstacles encountered by characters in the film.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2023
From then until the 19th century, Russia proceeded to swallow up dozens of non-Slavic peoples, many of which retain their original language and cultural identity.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
