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The lack of pay increases are a tough pill to swallow for many Americans, especially lower- and middle-income households struggling with higher energy and living costs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

"When a black hole tears apart a star, it does not swallow everything neatly," Goodwin stated.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Two weeks without Ohtani is hard to swallow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

He said: "I struggle to see how, or why, they would swallow that cost"

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Watching those men work gave Nate an uneasy feeling—like he’d bitten into something rotten, something he couldn’t spit out or swallow.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis

In “Rare Bird” a woman in 18th-century England finds pleasure in the company of a new friend, who helps her test a claim from the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus that swallows hibernate underwater.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

When a mosquito takes a blood meal, it also swallows any viruses or parasites living in its host’s blood.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Paramount Skydance Chairman David Ellison defended his commitment to release 30 movies a year once his media company swallows Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

"I thought I would find some clue to unpack this. It's a small island, but it swallows you up."

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

Helmuth swallows hard at the click of the lock.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

You feel bad for the children involved, unless they’ve swallowed their own PR.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

You don’t want your precious donations to be swallowed up by administrative fees. Guidestar.org, Charitynavigator.org and Give.org, which is affiliated with the Better Business Bureau, all aim to help donors give wisely.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

She packed up her two worn decks of tarot cards, some small carved stone figurines and headed for home before the darkness swallowed Old Havana again.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Combined with other observations, including its exceptionally high temperature, the measurements led the researchers to conclude that they were witnessing a star being ripped apart and swallowed by a black hole.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

At last he tossed it extravagantly high, made a spectacular twisting leap, and swallowed it in .one gulp.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

In that sense, blindly swallowing AI’s positive hype can be as dangerous as its alleged existential risks.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

They produced electrical signals known as action potentials and made proteins associated with specific regions of the hindbrain that control facial and swallowing muscles.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

The wave tore through the Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant where Adhikari worked, swallowing buildings and leaving only dark-gray sludge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Traffic cones are set back from the crater, which appears to be perilously close to swallowing the house's double garage.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë