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sponge

noun as in moocher

noun as in drunk

verb as in mooch

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Across much of the country’s media spectrum, prominent pundits had long been hammering away at “entitlements,” indignantly claiming that welfare recipients, disproportionately people of color, were sponging off government largesse.

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Ms Mannings also shared how her mum, Chris Jones, 78, wanted to make the prince a Victoria sponge and some Welsh cakes.

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Rather than disappear completely, scientists say reefs will evolve into less diverse ecosystems as they are overtaken by algae, sponges and other simpler organisms better able to withstand hotter oceans.

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He is a sponge for information and he argues this association with Red Bull is a continuation of that.

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He managed to design structures so stable that they could withstand intense heat or could hold enormous amounts of gas hidden inside their pores, soaking it up like a sponge.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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