swallow
Example Sentences
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And in rain, the muddy dirt roads threaten to swallow your car.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
"If this conflict lasts three, four months, we can swallow it" thanks to existing oil inventories, CEO Patrick Pouyanne said in an interview with Chinese state broadcaster CGTN.
From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026
The economic and political pain of getting it back under control became tough to swallow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Once expressed on the surface of the astrocytes, the CAR allowed the cells to capture and swallow amyloid beta proteins.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
I swallow my guilt and hoist my own over my shoulder, just to make a point that I can carry it myself.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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