consuming
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Indonesian schoolchildren prayed for rain on Thursday as another firefighter lost his life battling drought-fuelled blazes consuming forests and peatlands and blanketing parts of Southeast Asia in a sickening haze.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Residents say farmers are consuming too much water for irrigation, while farmers accuse towns and cities of unsustainable population growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Due to the small size of its prey, fin whales have to eat a lot to survive and can spend several hours each day feeding, consuming up to 2,000 kilograms of food.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Vegetarians can benefit from creatine supplementation because they’re not consuming the foods that have higher amounts of creatine, like red meat and salmon, which have 1-2 grams per pound.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
But the flames were thick and oily and burning fast, consuming the ball of bark as fast as if it were gasoline.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
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