as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form
Friday nights were usually spent wolfing down pizza and pounding down beers
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Guests sipped cocktails as music by Travis Tritt and Jake Owen played over the loudspeakers.
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Both handhelds sipped power during Balatro, draining the battery at around 14W and 9W, respectively.
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Yes, some people drank so much that they got fired and hit on random people and drove drunk—those people should obviously quit.
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British media outlets reported that the England fans drank 5,000 beers at The Londoner on Tuesday, spending £30,000, or more than $40,200.
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That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
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Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
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There will be interest in him, as there was last summer, when Leeds knocked back at least one bid for the Dutchman.
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But within seconds of being knocked back, the responding officers were back up, checking on each other and evacuating stunned residents — including several children — from the rubble of the home, the video shows.
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“Pounded (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pounded%20%28down%29. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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