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Motorist Sue Willis said the rising cost of filling up was becoming increasingly difficult for households to absorb.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

They absorb low-energy photons and convert that energy into higher-energy photons, creating a bright optical signal that researchers can measure.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

This profit engine has helped absorb significant macro headwinds and keep equity valuations anchored.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

I desperately wanted the cushions to absorb me and swallow me whole.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

The material is hygroscopic, meaning it readily absorbs water.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

Propellers were being chiseled from oak, which absorbs radar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

As an electron sits in the vacuum, it occasionally absorbs or spits out one of these particles, such as a photon.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

He said he expected prices to keep rising and, while his business had absorbed higher costs so far, he might have to charge customers more.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Harley-Davidson has previously absorbed retaliatory tariffs to keep retail prices stable, costing the company over $170 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 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

Challenges to the system will be easily absorbed or deflected, and the accommodations made will serve primarily to legitimate the system, not undermine it.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

It was also Iran's third-largest customer, absorbing nearly 12 percent of its exports, worth more than $7 billion, according to the World Trade Organization.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 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

AI adoption, and the efficiencies and productivity gains it promises, may provide the U.S. with a plausible path to absorbing higher interest-rate costs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

For the surviving staff, absorbing the shock and the loss of the attacks meant springing into service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

She blew through special machines, had a blood sample taken to measure her capacity for absorbing oxygen, and underwent a chest exam.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell