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The latter group’s hunt for information was a bit like a real fox’s hunt for prey: They roam freely, listen carefully and consume omnivorously.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2019

After finishing high school in 1951, he moved to Tokyo and embarked on a course of self-education, reading omnivorously in European philosophy and in political and psychoanalytic theory.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2014

What made rock music so strong during its 60s and 70s heyday wasn't its attitude so much as its adaptability – it constantly, omnivorously renewed itself, drawing from any genre it could.

From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2011

Signor Mussolini, himself once an editor, now omnivorously directs the whole Italian Press, guiding its newsorgans from a central Rome bureau of which his sleek young son-in-law, Count Ciano, is chief.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has read omnivorously, and has but selected most of his thoughts.

From Mediaeval Socialism by Jarrett, Bede