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
And it's understood that the Treasury won't swallow up all of the welfare savings.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025
Another shaped a tsunami out of clay, poised to swallow up one of the red wildflowers that are symbols of the border kibbutzim.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024
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
The streets fill with rainwater at the corners of every block, and even though it doesn’t look too deep, if you step off the sidewalk in the wrong spot, it’ll swallow up your whole sneaker.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
