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as in sipped
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat
try not to swallow the toothpaste
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as in stifled
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
swallowed his pride and asked for help
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as in believed
to regard as right or true
my little niece swallows everything I tell her
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Recent Examples of swallowed
The story follows a scuba diver in search of his deceased father’s remains who gets swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
With tech earnings season kicking into high gear next week, Wall Street will start to get a clearer picture of where particular companies stand in adopting AI or getting swallowed by it.
—Seema Mody, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
So Getz swallowed hard and kept Robert around, through multiple trade deadlines and offseasons, insisting that the organization still valued him.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
Tears welled in the Bruins star and Olympian’s eyes as coach Janelle McDonald embraced her, seconds before a horde of teammates in blue sequin-laden leotards swallowed Chiles into the center of their celebratory huddle.
—Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
That would be an odd sort of victory, because Sarkozy’s party, the Republicans, would be swallowed by Le Pen’s much larger Rassemblement Nationale.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Long before satellites and sonar, entire cities vanished beneath water—some swallowed by earthquakes, others slowly erased by the sea.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
The most famous, perhaps, was of lung cancer patient David Prueitt, who swallowed a supposedly lethal dose of medication and awoke three days later.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
Despite its charm, it hasn’t been swallowed by the tourist surge that defines nearby Lake Tahoe.
—Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
With tech earnings season kicking into high gear next week, Wall Street will start to get a clearer picture of where particular companies stand in adopting AI or getting swallowed by it.
—Seema Mody, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
So Getz swallowed hard and kept Robert around, through multiple trade deadlines and offseasons, insisting that the organization still valued him.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
Tears welled in the Bruins star and Olympian’s eyes as coach Janelle McDonald embraced her, seconds before a horde of teammates in blue sequin-laden leotards swallowed Chiles into the center of their celebratory huddle.
—Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
That would be an odd sort of victory, because Sarkozy’s party, the Republicans, would be swallowed by Le Pen’s much larger Rassemblement Nationale.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Long before satellites and sonar, entire cities vanished beneath water—some swallowed by earthquakes, others slowly erased by the sea.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
The most famous, perhaps, was of lung cancer patient David Prueitt, who swallowed a supposedly lethal dose of medication and awoke three days later.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
Despite its charm, it hasn’t been swallowed by the tourist surge that defines nearby Lake Tahoe.
—Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swallowed
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Alison sipped on her usual -- a sweet cocktail.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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For all of the range of flavor and aroma embodied in their various expressions, there is a chewiness to the whiskeys of Garrison Brothers, an almost slippery sensation when sipped.—
Brian Freedman,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Arsenal have recently looked stifled in a way that the creative department of a title-challenging team, high on its own output, should not.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Minnesota got power play goals from Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek and a shorthanded goal from Matt Boldy, but was stifled defensively much of the night, most notably at even strength.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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But where Smith believed unrealistically in talismanic lists and self-help books to redirect his life, Capote clung fiercely to his own brilliance and hard work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Columbus police have not said whether McKee is believed to be the person shown in the video.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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Upon our arrival to Wilderness Vumbura Plains, our guide, Kabo, skillfully navigates the Jeep between sandy hills and flooded grasslands, occasionally swerving to avoid tree trunks chewed down to their stumps by elephants.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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In one instance, the facility in Hartford reportedly had to close its kitchen for three to four weeks after rodents had chewed their way into the food supply, the report said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
20 Jan. 2026
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At home, the Guard’s Basij volunteer arm brutally suppressed recent nationwide protests, establishing itself as the theocracy’s primary tool for squashing dissent.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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This led organically to feelings of love for one’s Black nannies and friendship with the children of your Black live-in maids, but this warmth had to be suppressed.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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The show's co-creator Jack Thorne accepted the award and gave a speech thanking Netflix and listing the names of several people who have supported the series.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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But Skinny Pedro had accepted the task for another, more important reason.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Last summer, a Gallup poll found that only fifty-four per cent of Americans drank, the lowest share in nearly a century.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2026
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The report references the case of a detainee at an ICE facility who drank tap water that was contaminated with high levels of chlorine.—
Lautaro Grinspan,
AJC.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Anne-Sofie Madsen took winter footwear in a distinctly subversive direction, collaborating with Ugg on spiky, clawed variations of its classic boot.—
Amy O’Brien,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2026
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Two days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota reportedly tackled a home caregiver from sub-Saharan Africa to the snowy pavement and took her away in a van, a close friend made the 1,400-mile journey to a controversial Texas detention facility where she’s being held.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Swallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swallowed. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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