swallow

“Many people can’t get through it. They can’t swallow well enough. They can’t talk well enough. They can’t hold the glass or mix the drink on their own.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

The fact that he will go down now in history as Labour's shortest-serving prime minister will be a bitter pill for him to swallow.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

If you are not careful, it will swallow you whole.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

A drawdown means the Fed would absorb fewer Treasurys, leaving more for the market to swallow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

He chewed and chewed and chewed, but he could not seem to swallow.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Every bit counts when health insurance swallows up so much of the budget.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

"In most of those cases, what happens is the supermarket swallows those losses. And that impacts their margins," she says.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

Threatened with eviction by his fed-up family unless he takes an open slot teaching poetry at a high school, Oscar swallows his pride and takes the gig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

As Big Tech swallows the world, the long-standing narrative about the future of streaming goes something like this:

From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2025

E.J. swallows and says, “Oh, Mrs. Phillips—I remember her. She’s that revolutionary-activist-fight-the-power teacher at Northside. I loved her class,” he says.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

Jack had reached for a vol-au-vent, swallowed it whole in one bite, rinsed it down with a glass of champagne and seized center stage all in one action.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

They are also blocked by motorcycles, swallowed by parked cars, encroachments or excavated for utility works.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

So far, the raptor center says it has ruled out lead poisoning and the presence of swallowed objects, among other things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

TOI-5882 has not yet expanded enough for its size alone to explain how it could have swallowed a planet.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

I swallowed, wishing for Da so hard I had to turn my head to hide my face from Sean.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Kim Varet said her supporters have “obviously put a lot of thought into” which of the incumbents to support, but they have had a hard time swallowing the idea of voting for either.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Their observations show that even when a black hole appears faint, it may still be actively expelling large amounts of matter rather than simply swallowing everything nearby.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

Google parent Alphabet is financially the strongest big tech company, but even it is swallowing a free-cash-flow negative quarter—its first since its IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

I have to make sure they're not choking... because this disease has affected their muscles with their swallowing.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

He tried again to rise, but his arms and legs only sank into a slippery smoothness, like a deep silk pillow swallowing his limbs.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin