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swallow

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noun

as in sip
the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time drank the cool refreshing water in two swallows and held out her cup for more

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Verb
Popular with farmers, barn owls feast mostly on rodents, swallowing them whole. Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024 Those infected usually experience symptoms three to four days after swallowing the bacteria. Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
The costume designer teamed up with his longtime collaborator Victoria Bedwell, a jeweler who has worked with Burberry and Garrard, on imitating the diamonds and golds that Joan steals, swallows and wears. Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024 But if that was a hard swallow for many, the new logistics of playing games in North Carolina, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania create a range of concrete issues which held hostage the attention of the athletic department the past 12 months. Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for swallow 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swallow
Verb
  • After, attendees headed to the garden to sip Champagne in front of a display of perfume bottles and take in a live performance by Swedish singer Lykke Li, dressed in the final show look.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Tastings of the brand’s four sipping tequilas are offered at the 12-seat bar.
    Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Why Lockland's new migrants struggle to work The immigrants here face stifling work barriers.
    Terry DeMio, The Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2024
  • This is not the kind of political coordination that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, in which the executive branch used its power to press social media companies such as Meta to stifle questions about the origins of the virus.
    David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Given the challenges facing Jamaica, Harris believed that a new economic strategy was needed.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
  • While fans and some business observers believe that the NBA and its peer leagues are competing for limited attention from fans, de Mello sees the opposite.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • There’s plenty of gory, shocking fun in the streamlined story, but by modernizing it slightly, viewers will find even more to, well, chew on.
    Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Inside, there’s a cozy blanket for cuddling up and three rope toys to chew on instead of furniture.
    Elizabeth Mitchell Kadar, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The Chinese Foreign Ministry likewise blamed the United States for suppressing free speech by trying to ban the popular Chinese social media app TikTok.
    David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Similarly, many people have suppressed symptoms of an infection to engage in some sort of social obligation.
    Sebastian Stockmaier, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Four years ago, Donald Trump became the first president in American history to refuse to accept the results of a presidential election, and to do everything in his power to try to overturn the will of the people.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Musk could not continue operating a company accepting venture capital without being legally in the United States and having the right to work.
    Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The event will also feature authentic Mexican food, drinks and music.
    Eric E. Harrison, arkansasonline.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Including the most surprisingly good drink Otsuji tasted over the course of the week.
    Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Miami was last in the NFL at 57 plays per game last season partly because the offense didn’t convert effectively on third downs, but also because the porous run defense allowed opponents to eat up the clock.
    Chris Perkins, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 July 2017
  • The casual restaurant and bar also offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. Sundays.
    Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 19 July 2017

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“Swallow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swallow. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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