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mouthed (down)

verb

Definition of mouthed (down)

past tense of mouth (down)

as in tucked (away or in)

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Simply encouraging students to put away their phones or teaching them better sleep habits wouldn’t move the needle either.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026
All those devices must be turned off and put away during the school day.

— Kellye Lynn, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

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After peaceful demonstrations were put down with lethal force, many opponents of military rule took up arms, and large parts of the country are embroiled in conflict.

— Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
No algorithm is going to train a generation of kids to put down their white Monsters before a workout.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

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However, the trade quickly unwound, with yields higher Thursday as the market digested the move as well as the longer-term structural problems facing the fixed income market.

— Jeff Cox,Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
By midmorning, as investors digested all of this data, bond traders backed off from betting that the Fed would hike rates this year.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of digested

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Videos of the disaster showed people running before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges.

— Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
In Tibet, the roaring mudslide that struck Wednesday engulfed a multistory port building and swallowed a bus parking lot at the land border crossing of Gyirong Port.

— Niranjan Shrestha, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026

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