gulp
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One court warned that public nuisance would become “a monster that would devour in one gulp the entire law of tort.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Runcie, a former arts columnist for the Daily Telegraph, has created something so delightfully snackable that you may, as I did, gulp it down in two or three sittings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
The first season ended in April and dropped weekly, but waiting to gulp down episodes in a couple of sittings may be more rewarding than taking it in over a couple of months.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
Instead, something like this could happen: Maybe a raw milk drinker will gulp down some bird flu virus.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024
His throat was dry as ashes, but he swallowed down a gulp.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
They took gulps of water simultaneously, as the moderators began.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2024
That meant trekking through the jungle, up mountains, and across rivers, surviving on rationed meatballs and gulps of water.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
That’s the good news about the book — it’s well-crafted and often quite funny in a cringey way, easy to down in big gulps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Two brothers survived by rationing bodybuilding supplements, drinking their own urine and swallowing gulps of air.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Heidi gulps them down, then limps out the door, one hand up in what is supposed to be a wave but looks more like a surrender.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Trout, their speckled flanks gleaming in the sun, gulped them down one by one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“The money question remains as to how many barrels vacated by India will be gulped up by the Chinese teapots,” Raj said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
And when a Labrador retriever owned by another company officer gulped down a bagel impaled with a toothpick, he said, most of the resulting $10,5000 surgical bill was covered as well.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
But his grandmother Elvire Desir chuckled as he hungrily gulped down his meal.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2024
Barry gulped down his water, almost choking at first.
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
Nearby, crowds huddled in thin strips of shade outside pavilions, gulping free bottles of water that workers were distributing throughout the event.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Over time Paul learnt to consciously breathe by gulping down air, using his throat muscles to force air into his lungs.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
The sensation is extremely unnatural and unpleasant, but I prefer sleeping with that discomfort over being so tired that I have to squeeze naps into my day like a dehydrated man gulping water.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2023
Still others are gulping slushies to cool their inner core.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
"Go away," said a voice, all raw and gulping, as if it had just been crying, "just go away and leave me alone."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
