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soaked (up)

verb

past tense of soak (up)

as in absorbed

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

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Flores absorbed the method in Tambo Mayo, a village along the Ucayali River in northeastern Peru where she was born in 1950.

— Gabriella Angeleti, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
Quickly stir until most of the flour is absorbed, then cook, stirring vigorously and breaking up pockets of dry flour as needed, until a thin film forms on bottom and sides of pan and dough comes together into a single mass, 2–3 minutes.

— Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Aug. 2026

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The company behind the beer Sam Adams told NBC Boston its Boston Taproom ran out of Samuel Adams Boston Lager one weekend because of the Tartan Army, which drank four times as much beer as is consumed on a typical four-day weekend.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 July 2026
Instead, James drank wine, entertained recruiting pitches and served up a whole lot of nothing.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

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