as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form
I belted down a can of soda and rushed back out to the game
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Briana Voss of Long Grove sipped hot chocolate with son Bennett, 11.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026 -
Last year, at a bar, Mary noticed that the same friend had hardly sipped her drink.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Earlier this month, a newborn baby died from a listeria infection in New Mexico after the infant’s mother drank raw milk, and officials there are warning people off those products while the death is being investigated.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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In the early 2000s, there was a viral gossip report that Thornton and the Tomb Raider star drank each other’s blood.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Belted (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belted%20%28down%29. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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