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as in sipped
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat
try not to swallow the toothpaste
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as in stifled
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
swallowed his pride and asked for help
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as in believed
to regard as right or true
my little niece swallows everything I tell her
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Recent Examples of swallowed
In one video, more than half of one company building was swallowed by floodwaters.
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
When To See Comet A3 This Weekend Comet A3 will now dip into the sun’s glare, and be much harder to see for a few days before being swallowed-up completely by our star’s light.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
In a voiceover, the 77-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer describes the worst of times when addiction nearly swallowed him up whole.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
When To See Comet A3 This Weekend Comet A3 will now dip into the sun’s glare, and be much harder to see for a few days before being swallowed-up completely by our star’s light.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
In a voiceover, the 77-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer describes the worst of times when addiction nearly swallowed him up whole.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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But Austin Vance, CEO and cofounder of software development and consultant agency Focused Labs, countered in an email statement that this legislation actually would have stifled innovation from new players and entrenched the dominance of big companies including Google, Amazon and Meta.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Fewer literary titles are being published; renowned filmmakers struggle to get their films released; professors whisper about colleagues who have been reported to the Party’s disciplinary committees; feminist, civil-rights, and labor activism have been stifled.Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
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Borgwardt also is also alleged to have taken photos of his passport, moved funds to a foreign bank and changed his email address, and he was believed to have been communicating with a woman from Uzbekistan, Podoll said.Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Of those, about 100 remain in captivity, with a third believed to be dead.Keir Simmons, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
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If so, keep in mind that this is happening to remind you of your adaptability and the natural inclination to take action that’s been suppressed for far too long.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
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The court rebuffed arguments that prosecutors suppressed evidence of a batch of ammunition, some of which matched the bullets found on the set of the production.Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
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Comments on that plan are being accepted through Friday.Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
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Owens is alleged to have accepted $125,000 in cash from one of the agents on the yacht, according to the indictment.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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McCarthy said, while the questioner drank a shot from an Andy's Clubhouse Shotski.Christian Holub, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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When a bee drank nectar from a flower, the pollen shot right onto its body.quantamagazine.org, quantamagazine.org, 30 Sep. 2024
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It’s meant to be ingested as a time in my life.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
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Considering that products applied around our mouths tend to get ingested, even inadvertently, a clean lip mask is ideal—and this one from RMS Beauty is exceptional.Emily Orofino, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
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That outbreak killed 10 people and sickened dozens more who ate deli meats processed at a Virginia plant that has since been permanently shut down.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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In Greek mythology, the Minotaur — with the head of a bull and body of a man — was imprisoned at the center of a labyrinth in Crete and ate anyone who couldn’t find their way out.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Swallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swallowed. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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