gulp
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Jump in and your first reaction is the cold shock response, an involuntary gulp of up to a cubic foot of air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Again, it's not just the losses that might be making some Celtic fans gulp.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
Runcie, a former arts columnist for the Daily Telegraph, has created something so delightfully snackable that you may, as I did, gulp it down in two or three sittings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
These were all shows whose writers knew how to keep viewers on the hook by giving them small tastes of the biggest secrets, with the occasional gulp of a major reveal.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2025
She sucked a gulp of air into her lungs and let it out with force.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Again, don't hold your breath – the company has been losing money hand over fist, the blast furnaces are nearing the end of their useful life, and the cost of energy it gulps is enormous.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
ChatGPT gulps roughly a 16-ounce bottle in as few as 10 queries, calculates Shaolei Ren, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, and his colleagues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
That meant trekking through the jungle, up mountains, and across rivers, surviving on rationed meatballs and gulps of water.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
That’s the good news about the book — it’s well-crafted and often quite funny in a cringey way, easy to down in big gulps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
He took a couple gulps before handing the bottle back, slick with sweat.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Trout, their speckled flanks gleaming in the sun, gulped them down one by one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“The money question remains as to how many barrels vacated by India will be gulped up by the Chinese teapots,” Raj said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
And when a Labrador retriever owned by another company officer gulped down a bagel impaled with a toothpick, he said, most of the resulting $10,5000 surgical bill was covered as well.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
Milk is gulped, then shot out the nose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
Nat gulped and his brains began to spin.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
Nearby, crowds huddled in thin strips of shade outside pavilions, gulping free bottles of water that workers were distributing throughout the event.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Yes, gulping the liquid the night before was an ordeal — try drinking three liters of anything in three hours, going to sleep, then waking up six hours later for one final liter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
It’s the stuff of popcorn binging and soda gulping, a classic summertime treat.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2024
“You feel feverish, feel pain, and get tons of headaches. Once you’re at home, the pain starts. In you shoulders, back and arms,” Ródriguez said, gulping down water during a break.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
I shake fish food into Finway’s bowl, and we eat together, Finway gulping and me munching crackers.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
