as in to gobble (up or down)
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This is now a rising, maturing team with enough mental toughness to put away bad opponents despite bad luck and maddening officiating.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
12 Oct. 2025 -
Engine Red + Soft Lilac Pastels like lilac are typically put away for the season once fall comes, but why?—
Marilú Almaguer,
Glamour,
11 Oct. 2025
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However, as investors digested the news, opinion appeared to be shifting to see the loan losses as a manageable situation and not the start of a broader crisis.—
Liz Napolitano,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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Cooked apples are easier to digest, which can be helpful for people with sensitive stomachs.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
17 Oct. 2025
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Live little fish on our tongues and swallowing them.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Especially with the roof closed, the seats swallow you up.—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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The New York Mets set the one-day team record, wolfing down 103 one day in 2014 while waiting for a game that was postponed.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
4 Oct. 2025
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Other dogs wolf it down in a matter of seconds, but sometimes eating too fast can make your dog sick.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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Customers can enroll by putting down a $10 deposit, then paying off the overdue balance over 36 months, on top of the regular bill.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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That means all parties have to cease fire and put down their weapons.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Some examples might include taking a 15- to 20-minute morning walk, eating a healthy breakfast and writing down one positive thing that happened that day.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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This syndrome causes nausea, diarrhea, sweating, and flushing after eating.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
18 Oct. 2025
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The term broadly refers to working out while consuming only slightly more calories than the body needs to maintain itself, and getting those calories from healthy sources.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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These facilities consume vast amounts of energy, much of it to stay cool, a problem that optical links can help mitigate These facilities consume vast amounts of energy, much of it to stay cool.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Mouth (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouth%20%28down%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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