as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
the rat ravened the poisoned bait just as we had hoped
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Some seeds get devoured by their parent star; some seeds get ejected from their stellar system; some seeds get swallowed by other seeds; some seeds get blasted apart by further interactions.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Many new viewers devoured the show in one go ahead of the second season, which has aired weekly since January.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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Peppermint oil used as aromatherapy should be inhaled directly from the bottle or through a diffuser.—
T'Keyah Bazin,
Verywell Health,
9 Apr. 2026
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Several fungal species are most often carried by dust and other soil disturbances, posing health risks when inhaled.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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As studios gulped down profits, talent below and above the line began to demand adequate shares of the pie.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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Shaking his head at Chase Center’s postgame podium after the Warriors beat the tanking Kings – with no Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan or Zach LaVine – Green scoffed at the play-in.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Ukraine scoffed at the claim that all of Luhansk was now under Russian control.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Former clients described Motta encouraging people to get surgeries, and others discussed one particularly shameless episode in which a large church van, crammed with prospective plaintiffs, intentionally collided with a truck.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Kim Kardashian has crammed a lot into her career.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Ravened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravened. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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