"absorb" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The costs to the surrounding countries have been considerable, as trade was disrupted and as they absorbed thousands of refugees.
- The rapid pace of growth alarmed some people in the city, which was also absorbing thousands of new eastern and southern European immigrants.
- Nevertheless, Andersen's rivals foresee a windfall, even though they cannot quickly absorb thousands of new clients.
- A Boston businessman then installed a horse-rendering plant on the island, and for years it absorbed thousands of Boston's equine corpses.
- In fact, Chase Manhattan and other financial service behemoths have absorbed thousands of recipients.
- Making these plants safe could absorb thousands of Russian nuclear scientists who are now earning about $6 per month and might be tempted to sell their services elsewhere.
- Public works projects in the 1930's eventually absorbed hundreds of thousands of displaced workers.
- No one city would have been asked to absorb tens of thousands of people.
- Throughout the century rice plantations continued to absorb thousands of new slaves, many of whom died within a year of arrival.
- It is struggling to absorb hundreds of thousands of new arrivals from former Soviet territory who may change the country's character.
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