devourer

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Noun
  • Meanwhile, the outgoing 47th task group, comprising the destroyer CNS Baotou, the frigate CNS Honghe and the supply ship CNS Gaoyouhu, has been on deployment for almost a year, after the three-ship flotilla left Zhoushan, China, on December 15, 2024.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In August, the United States began assembling a large-scale deployment in the southern Caribbean Sea near northern Venezuela, creating a Joint Task Force that initially included three destroyers—equipped for air, anti-submarine and missile defense—and an amphibious group of roughly 4,500 troops.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Scrub the area with a non-abrasive sponge or cloth.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
  • To spot-clean, apply a small amount of water with a sponge and scrub gently.
    Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Those who predicted a doomed future for all of humanity called us addicts and criminals, leeches and slime (and way worse things) because we were detested, shouted at, dragged by our arms across bedrooms and public sporting events.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The horror film takes the world of elite sports to disturbing new extremes, filled with brutal ambition, blood-sucking leeches, and hard-hitting serves.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • LinkedIn’s research shows that while 45% of professionals use AI regularly for routine tasks, only one in three of those AI users apply it to high-level work like strategy or data analysis.
    Feon Ang, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The 2023 article was based on findings shared with CNN by international non-profit Global Witness, which investigated Facebook’s job ads and found that ads in the Netherlands and five other countries often targeted users based on historical gender stereotypes.
    Carlotta Dotto, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Devourer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devourer. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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