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as in consumed
to take in as food claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable
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as in swallowed
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat ingested the foul-tasting medicine with only the greatest difficulty
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Recent Examples of ingested Lilies possess a chemical compound that is not well understood which, if ingested, can be fatal within 1-3 days by causing damage to the kidneys and cellular death of the organ. —
Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 The bacteria is transmitted primarily through the fecal-oral route, where bacteria from the stool of an infected person is accidentally ingested or contacted. —Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026 Canadian police say Law, from the Toronto area, used a series of websites to market and sell sodium nitrite, a substance commonly used to cure meats that can be deadly if ingested. —ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026 If ingested, symptoms can begin within four to 12 hours after ingestion. —Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026 They are commonly used on the skin as a topical gel, ointment or cream since oral arnica remedies need to be diluted to offset dangerous side effects if ingested. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026 Pets groom themselves, meaning anything on their paws or fur can be ingested later. —Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026 Symptoms of ricin poisoning vary depending on how the person came into contact with the substance – whether ingested, inhaled or injected. —Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026 Although only a few of the 70-80 species of poisonous mushrooms are actually fatal when ingested, many of these deadly fungi bear an unfortunate resemblance to edible species and are thus especially dangerous. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 The bacteria is transmitted primarily through the fecal-oral route, where bacteria from the stool of an infected person is accidentally ingested or contacted. —Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026 Canadian police say Law, from the Toronto area, used a series of websites to market and sell sodium nitrite, a substance commonly used to cure meats that can be deadly if ingested. —ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026 If ingested, symptoms can begin within four to 12 hours after ingestion. —Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026 They are commonly used on the skin as a topical gel, ointment or cream since oral arnica remedies need to be diluted to offset dangerous side effects if ingested. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026 Pets groom themselves, meaning anything on their paws or fur can be ingested later. —Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026 Symptoms of ricin poisoning vary depending on how the person came into contact with the substance – whether ingested, inhaled or injected. —Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026 Although only a few of the 70-80 species of poisonous mushrooms are actually fatal when ingested, many of these deadly fungi bear an unfortunate resemblance to edible species and are thus especially dangerous. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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The paleo diet is an eating approach based on foods believed to have been consumed before modern agriculture.— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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For her, having consumed little but state media for the past decade, the victory of Péter Magyar was not cause for joy, but for crippling fear.— Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
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Last year, many of her chile plants were swallowed whole when a reservoir nearby (which the farmers use to harvest rainwater) flooded its banks during the monsoons.— Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
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And the crocodile that swallowed one of his microphones.— Heather Abbott, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
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On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.— Angela Andaloro, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
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The Yankees assistant hitting coach, promoted to Aaron Boone’s staff over the offseason, sipped on Atelier del Maestro Tequilero Extra Añejo.— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Meager meals washed down with cloudy water sipped from moldy cups.— Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
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Lehman admitted in earlier testimony the pair drank and did some drugs, including marijuana, earlier that evening.— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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Participants drank soda and ate cookies while listening to Dropkick Murphys, a Boston punk band that Platner likes.— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
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Unfortunately, plastic cages are often chewed by hamsters and easily damaged.— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Zaber recommends keeping an eye out for trails of slime and holes chewed through leaves as telltale signs of these bugs.— Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 19 Apr. 2026
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