feeding on
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Even more remarkably, the transfer of material appears to be happening so slowly that the star could continue feeding on its companion for hundreds of thousands of years, potentially even billions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
With El Niño causing Pacific waters to be extremely warm, nothing stops storms from feeding on it and forming in rapid succession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
"Saurichthys was probably a fast and agile hunter, while Birgeria was larger and more powerful, likely feeding on a wider variety of prey."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
About a dozen vultures were feeding on the remains of a pregnant female elephant, who had died near full term, and her unborn calf.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
She shook the quilts once underneath the letter boxes where she lived, then once again at the mouth of the alley, causing the crows who were feeding on vegetable peels to scatter in several directions.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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