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Across the UK, solid brick homes like theirs quietly absorb heat the way they have for decades.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Cotton and linen are often comfortable because they absorb moisture and allow air movement, although fabric weave, thickness and moisture handling also matter.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Riverside has less room to absorb that risk, Engelschall said, and it cut international first-year admits by 3%.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Neither is arguing that households should absorb the buildout’s costs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

She went on to say that she wanted all her children to absorb the meaning of the words they sang, not just mouth them, like silly-billy parrots.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

Warmer air absorbs more water, drying out vegetation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

In addition, many now need to issue equity and debt, which absorbs available funds.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Joan Bosch, Eala’s coach since 2023, said Eala’s game translates naturally to grass because she absorbs and redirects pace so effectively.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

While the price tag might explain the market’s cool reaction, the deal is equally consequential for Zymeworks as it absorbs a company already under pressure.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

In sucking the blood it absorbs also the germs which are contained in it, and thus is infected.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Worse, burned trees release the carbon they were storing, then destroy other plant life that could keep that carbon absorbed.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

I knew some of them, yet I never really absorbed them until I decided to make Chapter One my gustatory church for the Cup and watch as many games there as possible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

It is absorbed in the gut within minutes and then gets into the bloodstream.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Namely, how much microplastic is absorbed by the body and how much accumulates over time given that researchers think some level of the plastics exit the body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

I jab a spoon in my cereal, which has absorbed so much milk that the pieces look like bloated life jackets bobbing in a speckled ocean.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

It would also avoid adding unnecessary pressure to an economy already absorbing higher energy costs and multi-decade-high Treasury yields.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Large language models are capable of absorbing and processing massive quantities of linguistic information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

She never finished high school, but compensated for her incomplete education by devouring books and absorbing ideas.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

Most existing hemostatic powders work primarily by absorbing blood and creating a physical barrier.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

Neither she nor Moody was aware of the sudden quiet from Izzy’s room, that Izzy’s door was now open a crack, that Izzy, too, was sitting in stunned silence, absorbing what she’d heard.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng