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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
In a sight that became more-than-familiar to Boise State fans, Jeanty seemed to be swallowed in the scrum at the line of scrimmage, before bursting out of the side and powering himself into the endzone.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
Participants in the treatment group swallowed 28 capsules over two days, each containing gut bacteria from four donors.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
Poland, once at the helm of one of the largest European powers centuries ago, has a long history of being swallowed up, occupied and partitioned by neighboring rivals.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Because his guys have swallowed a truckload of Lindsay olives.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Of course, amid the drama tugging at viewers’ heartstrings, the show will, in following 9-1-1 tradition, feature larger-than-life rescues, including of one tech billionaire (played by Mark Consuelos) who is swallowed by a whale.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
As new technologies emerged, Alphabet and its peers bought and swallowed them, in much the same way the Greek god Kronos ate his children to prevent their emergence as rivals.
—Binyamin Appelbaum, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Memories from Louisiana In Plaquemines Parish, seven-year-old Corrine English lost nearly everything when the small fishing town of Buras was swallowed by floodwaters.
—Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The wind howled, rattling metal signs and tugging at our clothes as the dust swallowed everything in sight.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
Participants in the treatment group swallowed 28 capsules over two days, each containing gut bacteria from four donors.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
Poland, once at the helm of one of the largest European powers centuries ago, has a long history of being swallowed up, occupied and partitioned by neighboring rivals.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Because his guys have swallowed a truckload of Lindsay olives.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Of course, amid the drama tugging at viewers’ heartstrings, the show will, in following 9-1-1 tradition, feature larger-than-life rescues, including of one tech billionaire (played by Mark Consuelos) who is swallowed by a whale.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
As new technologies emerged, Alphabet and its peers bought and swallowed them, in much the same way the Greek god Kronos ate his children to prevent their emergence as rivals.
—Binyamin Appelbaum, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Memories from Louisiana In Plaquemines Parish, seven-year-old Corrine English lost nearly everything when the small fishing town of Buras was swallowed by floodwaters.
—Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The wind howled, rattling metal signs and tugging at our clothes as the dust swallowed everything in sight.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swallowed
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The duo, with Char Defrancesco and Nick Newbold in tow, were met in the first-floor salon by the sound of a ghost piano as a model sipped from an oversize teacup.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Regardless, the judges sipped this one in the blind.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Detroit was stifled all night by the new look Packers defense with Micah Parsons in the fold, unable to generate the big plays that were a staple of the Detroit offense in past years when former Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson was calling the plays.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Watch The Incredibles films on Disney+ Luca Luca (Jacob Tremblay) and Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer) are sea monsters who feel stifled in the water.—
Sydni Ellis,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Messages Robinson is believed to have sent on Discord stated a need to retrieve a rifle from a pick-up point, leaving the rifle in a bush, watching the area where a rifle was left and having wrapped the rifle in a towel, according to the affidavit.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The driver of the SUV was transported to an area hospital with injuries police believed to be not life-threatening.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
13 Sep. 2025
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And Lina Street Food at 2208 Central Drive in Bedford scored low due to rodent droppings and chewed through bags of flour.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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A couple in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, faced an unexpected international travel nightmare when their dog chewed through the wife's passport just 12 hours before their flight to Jamaica.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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Air defenses downed or suppressed 52 drones, the air force said, with the missile and six drones impacting across three locations.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
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Although Canon had mandated that the Cat's programmability be suppressed, the IAI team nevertheless maintained the ability to compute expressions, which Canon permitted as an extension of the editor metaphor.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The government estimated that the organization accepted more than $2 billion in wagers while RED44 was operational.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The board accepted their resignations at the September meeting.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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There was another meeting at Perry’s home in 2021, during which Dixon said the producer again drank too much and allegedly groped Dixon during a good-night hug, according to The Hollywood Reporter.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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People who work outside drank more sugary drinks than those who work inside, and the same went for families where the head of the household was less educated.—
Seth Borenstein,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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This just took so much out of me.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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So that trade talks could proceed, America lowered its tariffs against China to a still-high 30%, while China took its rate to 10%.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Swallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swallowed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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