devour

For him and his family, this is a rare chance to devour durians "of good quality, and sometimes at nearly half the price of previous seasons".

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Erosion fights are raging on coastlines nationwide as sea-level rise and intense storms devour beaches and prime real estate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

When I see my girlfriend devour books faster than the popcorn she keeps within arm’s reach, I feel guilty — and envious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

The company has seen the Gen Z audiences devour hits of yesteryear such as “How I Met Your Mother,” “Modern Family” and “Golden Girls.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

Some things, thought Sarai, were too lovely to devour, while others were too lovely not to.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

In India's tech capital Bengaluru, the morning "rush hour" lasts so long it devours half the workday, throttling productivity in a city often viewed as the poster child of a booming economy.

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

That hot, hard rock devours conventional drill bits and makes a hash of the concrete usually poured deep underground around the steel pipes required to line such a well and keep it from collapsing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

He devours newspaper reports of the assassination — “I always read my reviews” — and keeps a diary that he he hopes to see published when he escapes to a reborn Confederacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

Homo ecophagus means the man who devours the ecosystem — and that's what we are doing.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023

Hunger devours me, I could almost weep for something to eat, I cannot struggle against it.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Pre-IPO allocations have been devoured by wealthy investors, and post-IPO trading is expected to be truly avaricious.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

"We have tentatively suggested that the long palps might allow the male to keep a safer distance during mating and help him avoid being attacked and devoured by the highly aggressive female."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

To her amazement, close to 200 people came with more than 180 cakes devoured.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

Meanwhile, the consumer market is being quietly devoured by a company spending 1/50th as much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

Every Chicago resident who could read devoured these reports from abroad, but none with quite so much intensity as Dr. H. H. Holmes.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

She never finished high school, but compensated for her incomplete education by devouring books and absorbing ideas.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

Mine wasn’t quite that, but it was recognizably a real pizza that I had no problem devouring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

“Work was really devouring me,” Luis Saavedra said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

Like Nishimatsu, Yamamoto can't yet vote but he is currently devouring a book written by Takaichi and says she reminds him of baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

An imaginary Rashida giggled as she popped one roshogollah after another into her mouth, devouring the whole pot that Naima had brought home from the sweet shop.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins