ingest
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It found that balloons were 32 times more likely to result in death than when birds ingest hard plastic.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
They’d ingest all of your financial information into their software and would have checklists to make sure they got all the relevant information.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Nanoplastics are already a concern because people may ingest them directly, but new research points to another possible danger.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Is it a problem if I accidentally ingest one of these guys?
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
That’s a real family-thing to do, to ingest somebody else’s backwash.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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The novel begins when Gelsomina ingests five parasitic worms after lapping up lake water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
All of the carbon in the trees and twigs the machine ingests ends up in the ground — not back in the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
The reaction, called alpha-gal syndrome, occurs when an infected person eats beef, pork, venison or other meat from mammals — or ingests milk, gelatin or other mammal products.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
The reaction, called alpha-gal syndrome, occurs when an infected person eats beef, pork, venison or other meat from mammals - or ingests milk, gelatin or other mammal products.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
One ingests a horse-doctor's dose of words, but fails to acquire any illumination.
From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
The toxic algae is actually cyanobacteria rather than a true algae and can increase dramatically in heat, making people and animals sick when ingested.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
I’ve ingested a lot of Funkadelic, a lot of Prince, a lot of the Gap Band.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“We’ve probably ingested more third-party qualitative analysis in the last six weeks than we have in our entire history, combined,” Lambert said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
In the environment, microplastics can be ingested by fish and other wildlife, potentially moving up the food chain and eventually reaching humans.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026
“Connected, infected, ingested, digested—I can feel our destination in my gut. It’s the only nourishment I need!”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Armed with LLMs capable of ingesting massive quantities of data, companies can fight back and more accurately model consumer behavior and deliver personalized results.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Feeding deer may also increase the risk of them ingesting plastic, which blocks their stomachs and causes malnutrition.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Much depends on what’s raising your body temperature in the first place — if you have a fever due to an infection, for example, see a doctor rather than ingesting peppermint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
France is mulling how to prevent people from ingesting too much of the heavy metal cadmium, after a warning their breakfast cereal and baguettes could be contaminated with the toxin.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
“Is it, though? Is it attached to a root system? Is it ingesting nutrients? Water? Those are all signs of life.”
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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