1
as in buries
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
the naval authorities put away the body yesterday
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2
as in murders
to put to death deliberately
after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover
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3
as in consumes
to take in as food
can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting
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The story switches between the present day and 1990s Camden, at the height of Cool Britannia and begins in the sweltering summer of 1995 as a man buries a body during a violent storm.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026 -
The Placer County Water Agency has mapped out $295 million in projects that will upgrade infrastructure, such as rebuilding plants and rehabbing buries pipes, from the foothills to the freeway.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Kingpin’s enforcer Buck Cashman (Arty Froushan) shockingly murders Deputy Mayor Daniel Blake (Michael Gandolfini) in a showdown of Fisk’s two right-hand men.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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Geillis, on her quest to install Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne, murders her husband as a blood sacrifice and walks through the stones.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Equally troubling, this annual cycle consumes so much time and energy that there is almost none left to actually think about how the money is spent.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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The global economy consumes about 100 million barrels of oil every day.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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That assassinates Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking retaliatory attacks by Iran across the Middle East.—
Jill Lawrence,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Soleimani assassination | Trump orders a drone strike in Iraq that assassinates Qasem Soleimani, an influential Iranian military commander.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
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And today the district, which is in charge of the lake’s restoration, regularly harvests thousands of pounds of gizzard shad, a bottom-feeding junk fish that stirs up and eats nutrients on the lake floor.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Every time Forrest eats, his small intestine breaks down the resulting slurry of kibble into glucose and other compounds.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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With the Land Rover Terrain Response System offering modes comprising Eco, Dynamic, Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud & Ruts, Sand, Rock Crawl, and Wade, the tech takes the geographic and meteorological elements and slays them with a flick of a control.—
John Scott Lewinski,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after becoming husband and wife, Grace milks another loophole in the hide-and-seek rulebook and slays Titus, thereby sending the rest of the High Council to slaughter at the hands of their demonic overlord, Le Bail.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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Katz said that's the best way to know if your title is being searched, if someone claims a right to your deed, or if someone takes out a mortgage on your property.—
Tim McNicholas,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Mirta takes out her phone to show us pictures of Leslie singing and dancing at a family party, wiping back tears at the happy memory.—
Kevin Maurer,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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FedEx now executes 5 million ServiceNow workflows per month across hire-to-retire, source-to-pay, and ship-to-collect processes.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Lin does almost everything at a high level, executes the small things extremely well and plays the game with a rare quality, maturity and detail for a D his age.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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“Puts away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20away. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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