consuming
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Notably, neither scavengers nor flies that fed on the supposedly poisoned carcasses have perished -- creatures that typically succumb after consuming poisoned animals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Alphabet’s Google Cloud backlog has reached $240 billion, also more than doubling year over year, as existing customers are consuming cloud services more than 30% faster than their original commitments.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
“We still have a long runway of more consumers consuming more every day,” Van de Put said on an investor call on July 28.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The guidance suggests applicants for new licences should aim for "a predominantly seated operation with fixed seating", alongside waiter service replacing vertical drinking and restrictions on customers consuming alcohol while standing.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
For five days the previous October the “power fire,” as it was called, had roared across these mountains, consuming seventeen thousand acres of pine and cedar.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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