Example Sentences

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Health will swallow half this budget, which covers the period up to the next Senedd election in 2026.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

More than 30 million people live in the path of totality, where for a few brief minutes the moon will entirely block out the sun, and darkness will swallow the light of day.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2024

It’s not that lawmakers think pregnancy never causes mental health emergencies; it’s that they fear such exceptions will swallow the rule.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2024

China's yuan held at 7.3146 in offshore trade and has come under pressure from fresh fears the country's property market quagmire will swallow economic growth.

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2023

Soon after, the swollen ocean will swallow the ashes as it washes across all the land, and everything living will be forgotten under the sunless sky.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman