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as in to consume
to destroy all trace of
a series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island
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as in to spend
to make complete use of
a catastrophic medical event that devoured their savings
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Olivia Heller/The Hustle While Americans devoured 101 pounds of chicken per capita last year and 58 pounds of beef, turkey consumption was only 15 pounds per person, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 15 Nov. 2024
After weeks of devouring articles, watching YouTube videos, and listening to podcasts, fans will finally get their first proper look at Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United today.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
Frond-feeding weevil larvae are voracious eaters, capable of devouring several water ferns per day without harming native plants.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
Instead, healthcare cost growth devoured nearly all of it, leaving them with only $95.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 15 Nov. 2024
After weeks of devouring articles, watching YouTube videos, and listening to podcasts, fans will finally get their first proper look at Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United today.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
Frond-feeding weevil larvae are voracious eaters, capable of devouring several water ferns per day without harming native plants.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
Instead, healthcare cost growth devoured nearly all of it, leaving them with only $95.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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How to Manage: To manage a lack of sleep from alcohol, either eliminate it from your diet or consume moderately during the day, making sure to stop imbibing well before your bedtime.Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 16 Dec. 2024
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Surprising Fact On a body weight basis, children 2 to 5 years old consume about twice as much of the red dye through food as the general population, according to the FDA.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Journalists and sources alike need vacation time to spend with their families and enjoy holidays, but the demands of a 24/7 news cycle and a daily print newspaper never disappear.Eric Larsen, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2024
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The band spent up to 18 hours a day recording and performing at dozens of military bases.Julian Ring, NPR, 14 Dec. 2024
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Then tune in to your breath, inhaling and exhaling slowly through your nose.Melanie Mannarino, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2024
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State health officials warn that drinking or accidentally inhaling raw milk infected with H5N1 could lead to illness.Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Gabriel stood awkwardly between the door and the back of a sofa, facing Thornton, and his calm drained away.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Keep in mind that this gearing will drain the battery more than when driven at slower city speeds.New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2024
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Now revitalized, Madeline confronts Helen, who has also gulped the elixir, and wild smackdowns and realignments follow.Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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With its 33 Raptor engines gulping 40,000 pounds of liquid oxygen and methane fuel per second, the Super Heavy-Starship majestically climbed away to the east over the Gulf of Mexico atop a brilliant plume of white-hot flame and a churning cloud of exhaust.William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
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In the 1790s, after about a decade of loyal service, many members of the corps were physically exhausted by the demands of their duties.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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The company’s demand for talent likely exceeded these annual totals, but Congress has set a yearly limit on H-1B petitions that employers have exhausted for the past two decades.Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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This tendency to cram everything in also comes at the expense of nearly all of the characters, with the exception of Chalamet’s Dylan.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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But this is a Hollywood biopic that attempts to cram a very intense four-year period of history into a two-hour-and-21-minute movie.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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Cruise, which previously operated as a subsidiary, will now be fully absorbed by GM.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
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That includes absorbing the likely loss of Russia’s two military bases in Syria, and accepting what analysts call the crushing defeat of Kremlin ally Iran.Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Devour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devour. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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