Hardware supply gluts last a few days or weeks but always get soaked up.
The virus, injected into the chest and limb muscles, is soaked up by motor neurons.
Overseas markets soaked up some of the resulting output, thanks to a falling yen.
His son soaked up his father's mastery of the clothing business but not his bluster.
Drought has cut Australia's 2007 crop, and some of the surplus may be soaked up.
As that surplus is being soaked up then the inequality will, quite naturally, diminish.
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In both cases the demand expands because more resources are being soaked up by the corporate sector.
But 10-man Rochdale soaked up a burst of late Darlington pressure to take the match to penalties.
The Yangzi River flood has soaked up all the clamor of life in the towns around the lake.
Their research, reported in Science, shows that North America soaked up much more carbon in 1992-93 than it did in 1989-90.
Once the Smart Sponge has soaked up some oil no amount of squeezing will get it back out.
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They'd soaked up the wrong idea from toys like Barney, games and other pop culture items, the researchers conclude.
Saints soaked up some intense Castres pressure before Ben Foden finished off a superb Ansbro break to make it 20-7.
Dollars that had been lent out through the Fed's various borrowing facilities were then soaked up in its open-market operations.
How much money has Invisible Children soaked up that could have gone to actually effective campaigns or more experienced NGOs?
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This mainly benefits the bloated building industry, which in the past has soaked up workers unable to find other jobs.
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As for local TV newscasts, sports, weather and traffic soaked up 40% of airtime last year, up from 32% in 2005.
During China's 30 years of economic growth, hundreds of millions of factory and urban jobs soaked up surplus rural farm labor.
With the cowbells greeting his victorious arrival at the finish line, Hirscher soaked up the adulation in front of an adoring crowd.
We had gotten the twins at the right age, and they soaked up everything and were far more advanced than many children.
But Chelsea rarely looked like turning their dominance into a winner as Spurs defended in numbers and comfortably soaked up the Blues pressure.
Ivanisevic soaked up the applause before hurrying off Centre Court, presumably keen to watch his beloved Croatia take on England in Euro 2004.
The wicket ended a partnership of 68 that had soaked up 20 overs and it was all downhill from there for the tourists.
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The Canaries continued to look relatively comfortable as they soaked up the pressure and Russell was replaced by Neil Emblen after 62 minutes.
Ethan Knecht, a 27 year old teacher who lives in Brooklyn, soaked up the sun Thursday afternoon while sipping a sugarless black cherry seltzer.
Much of the money made by the state firms is being soaked up by payments for welfare functions, including the wages of laid-off workers.
Try-scoring opportunities were scarce in the second half as Bath soaked up the hosts' pressure and then added to their lead through Barkley's third penalty.
Born in northern California and raised in Orange County from about third grade on, Tomlinson soaked up every part of the gnarly lifestyle that is SoCal.
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It was in this environment where she soaked up the sounds and feel of classic R'n'B and soul that echoed round the rooms of the family home.
Watched by a sell-out 14, 282 crowd, they pounded away but a well-drilled Quins defence soaked up all the pressure before taking the lead against the run of play.
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