consume
Example Sentences
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Like the spider it is named after, the pulsar slowly consumes its partner.
From Science Daily
“Big-ticket elements like aircraft can easily consume much of Ukraine’s defense budget,” he said.
Along the way, the case was transformed into TikTok content that blurred the line between awareness and entertainment—between engaging with injustice and consuming it as spectacle.
Mr Slimani, who arrived at Willesden Magistrates' Court wearing a cowboy hat and fur coat, had consumed cough medicine - which can impact a reading's accuracy - his defence said.
From BBC
“Oil, of course, is entirely consumed outside of plastics and lubricant recycling,” he said.
From MarketWatch
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