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swallowing

noun as in taking into throat

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Without naming names, the sheriff said that a detainee who had died after swallowing objects, including a pencil, had a “propensity to eat things.”

In 1,600 pages of jail medical notes, there is no mention of Solis habitually swallowing harmful objects, as the sheriff claimed.

After swallowing a couple of huge shots in the eighth, Flint came through strongest in the final rounds as Hatton tired and loosened his defences.

From BBC

Her ability to process these swallowing emotions with grace is a sign she's doing the therapy process the way she's supposed to, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's working, or maybe it's too slow at fixing what feels irretrievably broken.

From Salon

The hosts discuss what’s powering the energy drink renaissance and how some hyper-caffeinated, sugary beverages are managing to brand themselves as health and fitness drinks — and what it’s doing to the Gen Zs swallowing the bait.

From Slate

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

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