as in to gobble (up or down)
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Bonetig, a 23-year-old defender who made his seventh career appearance, put away a loose ball from the center of the area to cap the scoring.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026 -
The Carolina Hurricanes were looking to put away the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon, and boy, were the Sens not willing to go down without a fight.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Ancient grain pasta is an alternative to modern wheat and can be easier to digest.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere, investors are digesting details from Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh's confirmation hearing, which wrapped up on Tuesday.—
Sean Conlon,Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2026
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Starbucks was going to swallow everything.—
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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After a week where everything that could have gone wrong did and the noise surrounding the club threatened to swallow the team whole, the Red Sox finally broke their four-game slide in grand fashion and got to enjoy a nice, drama-free win.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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The actor Marisa Abela plays her in a binary state of panic and swagger by sobbing like a dejected child or slyly grinning like one who’s about to wolf down an ice-cream cake.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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Patrons grab coladas and cortaditos to kick-start their mornings, while others wolf down breakfast platters for sustenance or arrive on their lunch breaks for pan con bistec or Cuban sandwiches, maybe a burger or palomilla steak.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
1 Mar. 2026
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Be Strong Families can help the professors put down the gauntlet and join the conversation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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On the other half, Lind had put down gravel and installed empty shipping containers and trailers suitable for potential tenants.—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
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The shots rang out from the back of the ballroom as attendees were eating their first course, several minutes after White House Correspondents’ Association President Weija Jiang delivered remarks.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2026
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Word got around and surfers came to the restaurant from all over San Diego County, gathered around the tables, ate burgers and swapped their tales.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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That’s why David Gallo’s setting, a vista of a fragile boarding house nearly consumed by the rising, sun-blotting, industrial landscape of Pittsburgh, works so effectively here.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Investigators suspect one Georgia fire was sparked when an aluminum party balloon touched live power lines; that blaze has consumed 50 square miles, twice Manhattan’s size.—
Emilie Megnien,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Mouth (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouth%20%28down%29. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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