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Before testing the first atom bomb, the Los Alamos crew asked Hans Bethe to confirm with math that it wouldn’t start a chain reaction and consume the atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

These gas-rich environments trap radiation and allow the black holes to consume material much more efficiently than black holes can in the modern Universe.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

At the same time, U.S. companies exported about 1.7 million barrels a day of excess diesel that stateside truckers, farmers and other commercial shippers didn’t consume.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The official urged the public not to consume meat from animals that die naturally or from unknown causes, while urging the public to report any such cases.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

This place felt similar, as if the earth were trying to wake up and consume jeverything—as if the mountains on either side wanted to crush them and the entire glacier to pieces.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

In the United States, that hidden water use can be twice the amount a data center consumes on its own.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

To deal with the water shortages along the Colorado River, others have suggested policies that encourage farmers to grow less hay — which consumes nearly half of the water diverted from the river.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

She consumes about 3,500 calories every day to ensure she has enough energy.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Rent now consumes 40% of Roe’s $83,000 gross income, roughly the median household income in the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

“What consumes your mind, Fred, controls your life.”

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

During the first two years of participation, 99.5% of the volunteers consumed at least one food preservative.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The maneuver was completed with more than 99% accuracy and consumed less than 10% of the fuel reserved for it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

China’s car industry has consumed market share from traditional automakers around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Currently the water consumed by existing data centres is relatively low.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Nali pointed to the stars above and called certain clusters by their Navajo names, while Nathan’s fire consumed the last bits of wood.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Another large-scale outbreak was reported in 2011, with more than 500 cases, when five people died after consuming meat from infected hippos.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

“You see a lot of people consuming the minimum, what they need to get by through the week,” said owner Carina Murillo, 31, as she checked out customers on a recent weekday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Computers and smartphones could potentially deliver greater performance while consuming less electricity.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

The model is only scaffolding, which, after consuming vast amounts of training data and running trillions of permutations, arrives at an outcome that can’t be known beforehand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Fires sprang up amid the ruined buildings, converged, and raced toward Howard’s dealership, consuming four city blocks per hour.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand