as in consumes
to take in as food
anyone planning to partake of the vegetarian meal needs to sign up for it beforehand
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About 20% of the oil that the world consumes every day travels via the Strait of Hormuz, which runs along part of Iran’s coast.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026 -
South Pars accounts for about 70% of the gas Iran consumes, Ira Joseph, a senior research associate at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, told ABC News.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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For anyone who eats outdoors along Miami-Dade’s coastline, the findings offer a new way to understand the gulls circling overhead.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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Because of that, Moody’s has taken a number of downward ratings actions against producers, because the oversupply eats away at margins and the capacity to pay debt is eroding.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Partakes (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partakes%20%28of%29. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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