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devoured

verb

past tense of devour

as in consumed

to destroy all trace of a series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island

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as in spent

to make complete use of a catastrophic medical event that devoured their savings

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as in inhaled

to swallow or eat greedily the starving villagers simply devoured the relief food

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Recent Examples of devoured There’s a gluttonous amount of food content out there waiting to be devoured, but none of it is like Emeril Live. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026 Likewise in southern France, where a wildfire outside the city of Bordeaux has devoured tens of thousands of hectares and prompted authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands of residents and summer tourists. — Gerry Hadden, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Missouri were recently devoured into a national fund. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Apocalyptic footage shows a Canadian train crew trapped in their locomotive as it’s devoured by a wildfire. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026 It had been pulled into the river and devoured by an enormous crocodile. — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026 With roughly 6 1/2 minutes left, Chestnut had devoured 32 dogs to Gray’s 10, according to live unofficial results on ESPN. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026 On Tuesday, El Tri played with an intensity that devoured Ecuador from the onset and increased the belief among Mexicans that this team could make history. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 1 July 2026 In the spring, arugula is often devoured by flea beetles, so plant it in the fall to avoid the pest. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 29 June 2026

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Caffeine can still impact sleep when consumed 6 hours before bedtime.

— Erin Hooker Published, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
Research from 2014 shows that GLP-1 weight-loss signals can directly force the body to burn fat for heat, entirely independent of how much food is consumed.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of consumed

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Volkwine, lead foreman for Pivot Custom Skate Parks, a division of American Ramp Company, and his team have spent much of the last year helping to bring Idaho’s newest and biggest skate park to life.

— Noah Daly July 31, Idaho Statesman, 31 July 2026
Baresi is regarded as an AC Milan icon, having spent his entire 20-year career with the club, winning six Serie A titles and three top European trophies, and captaining the team for 15 seasons before retiring in 1997.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

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There's been a drastic increase Fine particulates and gases, including carbon monoxide, are inhaled and can lodge deep within the lungs, causing inflammation and irritation.

— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Dangers from wildfire smoke Smoke is made up of tiny particles that can be inhaled deep into a person's lungs and even enter the bloodstream.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 16 July 2026

Definition of inhaled

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Oddly enough, though floors 1 through 16 looked like offices behind the cladding of specially tinted glass framed in stainless steel, they were actually crammed with electronics and electromechanical relays.

— David Szondy August 01, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026
To have so much capability crammed into a phone that bends in half is a marvel.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 22 July 2026

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Flores absorbed the method in Tambo Mayo, a village along the Ucayali River in northeastern Peru where she was born in 1950.

— Gabriella Angeleti, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
Quickly stir until most of the flour is absorbed, then cook, stirring vigorously and breaking up pockets of dry flour as needed, until a thin film forms on bottom and sides of pan and dough comes together into a single mass, 2–3 minutes.

— Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Aug. 2026

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