absorb

It started appearing in my parents’ pantry in Costco two-packs, usually beside gigantic cases of bottled water, enough paper towels to absorb a malfunctioning sprinkler system and gallon-sized jugs of olive oil.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Haser says survival may have been possible if the moon had an unusually low and relatively uniform density, allowing it to absorb the impact somewhat like a sponge.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Others believe energy and trade volatility are here to stay, leaving zero wiggle room to absorb the hit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Harmer said: "There is a tendency for retailers to absorb that theft rather than reporting it," and added she wanted to make sure they continued reporting crime.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

You can shield them with your body and soul, trying to absorb that awful rain, but they’ll still move toward him.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The Mediterranean Sea absorbs heat during summer, increasing evaporation and contributing to heavier rainfall when storms develop.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

They have served as "a buffer that absorbs bad years so that a single drought or a single dry season does not translate directly into a water crisis", she told reporters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

“It seems elitist maybe,” Flanders added, but the small island absorbs a “crush” of people in the summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

When enough of them take their money out, the manager sells bonds to pay them at whatever the market offers that morning, and everyone still in the fund absorbs it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

In sucking the blood it absorbs also the germs which are contained in it, and thus is infected.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Now about half a million acres are sitting dormant, and other abandoned groves have been absorbed for cattle grazing or Florida’s lucrative development sprawl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

I’m not sure any horror filmmaker has fully absorbed the amygdala-igniting potential of tentacles—until now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

To make that comparison possible, the researchers combined observations of Venus with a radiative-transfer model that tracks how light is repeatedly scattered and absorbed by cloud droplets and atmospheric molecules.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

More than 90 percent of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gas emissions has been absorbed by the oceans, sparing land from warming but at severe cost to marine life, reefs and coastal communities.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

He steps closer, but she does not notice, she stays completely absorbed in the book.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

"They work by absorbing fluid from superficial spots while creating a protective barrier that discourages picking," she explains.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

It means the unknown absorber must either be extremely effective at absorbing light, exist at a very high concentration inside the droplets, or satisfy both conditions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Now, like many Iranian students dreaming of a future elsewhere, she is scrambling to find another way to take it, while absorbing the new exam fee and hefty travel costs.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

For a reader he is like a guest who overwhelms and exhausts, but who is then invited back for the sheer enjoyment of his absorbing tales, striking insights and charm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The magnetic words scraped on the tray as Emily pushed them, absorbing what Hollister had to say.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman