as in consumes
to take in as food
after tucking away that huge meal, I was feeling a little sleepy
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The average American consumes more than 200 pounds of meat annually, and that amount is growing.—
Andrew Zaleski,
The Atlantic,
30 Mar. 2026 -
The increases hit Egypt hard given that its population of over 108 million people consumes $20 billion of oil products annually, including fuel used to operate power plants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The kitchen of the restaurant is crawling with maggots, the damp eats away at the tatami mats and wallpaper decorated with a design of a forest landscape.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Often apologizing in between bites, Beard, 40, eats savagely with his hands, squeezing food and mashing it into his mouth.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Tucks (away or in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tucks%20%28away%20or%20in%29. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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