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One court warned that public nuisance would become “a monster that would devour in one gulp the entire law of tort.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

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

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

A data center for AI training can devour as much electricity as 1,000 Walmart stores, while an AI search can use 10 times the amount of energy as a google search.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

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

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

"If you don't run from it and you try to face it, it devours you," Ecologio Cabrera, 86, told AFP after fleeing with nothing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

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

In Screen Gab No. 142, the actor behind Alyn of Hull stops by to discuss ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, our editor devours ‘Presumed Innocent’ and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024

In the show, rare glimpses of his inner turmoil come when he devours a lemon tart or a chocolate bar with a pleasureless intensity.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

Kasim devours a chicken breast topped with cabbage and pickles and other things I can’t identify.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

His articles in the Red Star were devoured by tens of millions of readers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Some 10,500 people were being evacuated from their homes near the city of Perpignan in southwestern France as firefighters tried to control a blaze that has devoured 1,650 hectares, authorities said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

It arrived at the peak of unscripted television’s popularity — a period when audiences devoured shows like “Survivor” and “American Idol” at their regularly scheduled times on television.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 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

Pita started to speak, but fear devoured her voice and she didn’t finish her sentence.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

The fire erupted Tuesday in the Var region and spread at an unexpectedly fast pace, forcing some 400 people to evacuate and devouring 2,550 hectares.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

It’s only people like Ruth, who thanklessly work to allay that suffering even in the smallest ways, that keep the darkness from devouring us whole.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

Caligiuri now prefers devouring barbeque to polishing off opposing forwards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

“Steve’s pursuit of perfection was devouring the timeline,” Mr. Cain writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

The guilt, at this point, was devouring him like a horde of termites.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman