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ingest

[in-jest] / ɪnˈdʒɛst /
VERB
swallow
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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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

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

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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