soak (up)

as in to drink
to take in (something liquid) through small openings this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely

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Verb
  • In 2005, LifeStraw offered a clever aid to help more people drink safe water.
    Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • City Tavern had opened the previous year, backed by a group of wealthy Philadelphians who’d decided there was no place in town that met their standards for decent food and drink.
    Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gustafson moved her feet, absorbed the bump from Thomas and kept her arms vertical.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In other words, students prepare for citizenship in a disputatious society by practicing the civic arts—by asserting and advocating for their views—not by meekly absorbing lessons from their instructors.
    Christopher L. Eisgruber, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • District 3 Council Member Jennifer Gamble, who served as the council’s planning and zoning committee chair until only a few meetings ago when District 20 Council Member Rollin Horton took up the mantle, said the move was meant to align the bill with the same timing as its companions.
    Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Encouraging other young people to take up travel Malaviya is currently a junior at University of California in Santa Barbara, studying engineering.
    Vanessa Romo, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Soak (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soak%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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