swallow
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Ellen Swallow Richards is known as the founder of home economics, which to her meant bringing scientific principles to domestic life, lessening household labor and improving public health.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Jemma Swallow, who used to own a tea shop in London, says 10% "covers most situations, without leaving the customer resentful of being asked for it and the staff for not receiving one".
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024
Her primal screams from inside the life she’s built don’t communicate the hard truths of the title so much as represent them: Swallow your tongue too long and you’re liable to choke on the dissatisfaction.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024
Often the scenarios she creates with toons reveal an “attempt to map the human condition in all its sparkle and grit,” says Swallow, who lent a vase depicting Superman in a wheelchair to the exhibition.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024
Swallow a snake, jump in the lake, come back home with a bellyache.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Vocabulary lists containing swallow
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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