swallow up
Example Sentences
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I think public-private partnerships are good things to have, but the private aspect of that partnership cannot swallow up the public good.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025
A huge sinkhole in a street is Surrey is continuing to grow and swallow up more road, with the county council declaring a major incident.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025
In the spleen, most of the infected cells detected were frontline immune cells -- macrophages and monocytes -- known as phagocytes whose job is to swallow up invading organisms.
From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023
California is an enormous place, and it can swallow up even the ambitious and industrious.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023
The silence still flows from her, still bothers me, like it’s ready to swallow up the whole world and me with it.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
