1
as in to welcome
to receive or accept gladly or readily
predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster
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2
as in to consume
to destroy all trace of
the surf created by a powerful hurricane could really eat up what's left of the island's eastern beach
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Vaughn Hardenberg Westwood The Los Angeles Times welcomes expressions of all views.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026 -
Thousands of people lined the streets of the city’s historic Stop Six neighborhood to welcome the monks home.—
Sarah Bahari,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Love may be in the air this Valentine’s Day, but Berlin had better get ready to be consumed by Lust.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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Ogden consumed Newell’s videos like candy.—
Bill Donahue,
Outside,
14 Feb. 2026
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All the more reason for those under this sign to embrace the softness and triviality of floral prints right before spring arrives.—
Katherine J Igoe,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
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The continuous-improvement program made famous by Toyota in the 1950s was embraced by corporate America before many of us got our first job.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Eat (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eat%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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