Example Sentences

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Energy markets then were absorbing the price shock from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

“That adds more to the global supply. They were absorbing some of that oversupply.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

At the end of the night, making his traditional walk the whole length of Christmas Tree Lane, Wardlaw and his wife, Priscilla Brown, were absorbing some of that healing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

But while they were absorbing this life-changing news, the windfall was just as quickly snatched away.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

He felt as though he were absorbing it, or it was absorbing him.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor