Example Sentences
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So far, the raptor center says it has ruled out lead poisoning and the presence of swallowed objects, among other things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“It’s like this that humanism itself gets swallowed up by nihilism,” he adds, concretizing that image in his movie with many scenes of environmental degradation realized as crawling blobs of death.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
TOI-5882 has not yet expanded enough for its size alone to explain how it could have swallowed a planet.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
He tried calling the neighbor he had last seen before being swallowed by the earth, "but nothing."
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
Handsome swallowed another lump in his throat before speaking.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
