swallowed

Example Sentences

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"So there will be a degree of some of these price increases, obviously, having to be swallowed by some of these producers," she says.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Hollywood has sustained thousands of layoffs over the last seven years since Walt Disney Co. swallowed Fox’s entertainment assets in another huge merger.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Between her pension and a part-time job she takes home around $3,000 a month -- almost half of which is swallowed by rent.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Wenner Media, home to Rolling Stone, and American Media Inc., which published the National Enquirer, have also been swallowed up.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Johnston swallowed his fear and climbed aboard the plane.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone