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slurps

verb

present tense third-person singular of slurp

as in sips

to swallow in liquid form the child slurped the milk from his bowl when he had eaten all the cereal

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The crowd sips matcha dragon fruit cocktails and stares, aghast.

— Dina Cheney, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2026
California returns to its original brand collaboration with BLQK coffee, and the team sips espresso during timeouts.

— Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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Sang-woo, who’d previously refused to drink soju with Ho-seok and Mi-ok, gulps down a fifteen-hundred-dollar bottle of Gaja Chardonnay.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The customer gulps it down in a single stretch and drops it into a bin – visible proof of his relief, at least for this moment, from the sweltering heat.

— Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026

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As a rule of thumb, buy any decor or supplies the week before your event, deep clean your house within the week of, and purchase any fresh food and drinks the day before, sources said.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Each drinks from an enormous glass bottle of water rather than wasting time with a cup.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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