At the centre, a large, reclining figure by Henry Moore serenely soaks up the beautiful sunlight.
Fighting criminal charges--even frivolous ones--soaks up time and money and causes considerable emotional distress.
For the final, uphill hour of walking a steady drizzle soaks through our clothes.
The petrol soaks into my clothes, its cold sting reaching the zipper of my jeans.
Hemp soaks up a tremendous amount of carbon dioxide, bringing the greenhouse gas equation more in to balance.
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The space shuttle today serves no useful scientific purpose, certainly not considering the billions of dollars it soaks up.
Sugarcane doesn't need as much fertilizer, and Brazil is close to the equator, so it soaks up more sunlight.
The drug is highly effective because it soaks up excess amounts of TNF.
The World Bank says the public distribution programme, which soaks up almost half the money, has brought limited benefits.
The water of this heady truth soaks through to very few hearts.
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And as Jobs soaks up more market share, he'll start to make Hurd's life--and HP's steady march forward--just a touch less predictable.
In addition, your doctor may recommend wet dressings, steroid ointments, compresses or vinegar soaks to help clear up blisters or soggy skin.
Naturally entrepreneurial and inspired by ideas, Annabel soaks up the energy of the startup world and enjoys meeting, developing and partnering with other entrepreneurs.
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The air that swept across the parched inland prairie was soft and cool, with just a hint of the humidity that soaks Florida in the summer months.
So Mr. Henen sometimes demonstrates to troops how he soaks the reptiles in a pool until they drink enough water to plod on with their lives.
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It soaks up its own weight in sweat, which quickly converts to ice, and the resulting solid frost armor is worse than useless when it comes to insulation.
From the chaotic streets of Old Delhi to the private gardens of fashion guru Ritu Kumar, Quest soaks up the atmosphere and finds there's much to learn about Diwali.
The diatom skeletons of which the mineral is composed are able to soak up huge quantities of oily materials such as lanolin and nitroglycerine, in the same way that a sponge soaks up water.
While China keeps tight control on flows of capital in and out of the economy, short-term speculative investments often take place under the radar, and the central bank typically soaks up extra cash by using so-called liquidity operations.
It sounds simple, and it is, but what happens when the matzo soaks up some egg and fries in a generous slick of fat is at the same time profound: What was dry and severe becomes plush and custardy.
Providing fuel to farflung cellphone towers soaks up 40 percent of operating expenses in India and sub-Saharan Africa, according to GSMA, and 15 to 20 percent of all diesel is plundered, often by locals breaking into unmanned cell towers.
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But Friend envisions a time when the casing of a handheld computer or telephone will have one organic polymer that soaks up a room's light and uses it to juice a battery, which then powers one of his hyperefficient OLED screens.
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