as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
the rat ravened the poisoned bait just as we had hoped
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One had 35 eggs in it, which were devoured with delight.—
Delbert L. Chears,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026 -
As somebody who devoured all things Beatles, there’s a lot of stuff in (the documentary) that hasn’t been seen or heard.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Legionella can be carried in water vapor or mist and can cause illness if inhaled.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Those guardrails are in place because air pollutants that come from the generators, like nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and ‘fine particulate matter’ are known to cause lung and heart health issues when inhaled.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Western Union was offered to buy the telephone patent but scoffed and called it a toy.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
7 Mar. 2026
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In a 2016 meeting with the U-T Editorial Board, Weber Pierson’s mother — then-Assemblymember Shirley Weber, now California’s secretary of state and once the chair of the city school board — scoffed at San Diego Unified’s claim to have a 91% graduation rate.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Everything that couldn’t be crammed into their two small cars was consumed by the voracious flames.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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In the summer months, the journey was a sweltering one, with dozens of sticky, sweaty passengers crammed together in the heat.—
Shoshi Parks,
Popular Science,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Ravened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravened. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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