| Soaks up, ... water |
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| Sucks in stomach muscles and globes (7) |
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| Soaks up liquid (7) |
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| Internalizes, as a fact |
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| Soaks up like a sponge |
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| Takes in |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Oct 2021 |
| Soaks up |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Sep 2021 |
| Sucks up |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Jun 2020 |
| Engrosses |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Occupies the mind, muscles and eyeballs |
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| Takes in |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Mar 2019 |
| Takes in |
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| Holds sailor's balls |
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| Engages sailor on ship circumnavigating globe |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Jul 2018 |
| Sucks up |
USA Today |
19 Feb 2018 |
| Sucks up |
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| Sucks up |
Premier Sunday |
13 Aug 2017 |
| ...draws into sailors' circles |
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| Learns |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2016 |
| Takes in |
LA Times Daily |
15 Oct 2016 |
| Soaks up |
Premier Sunday |
05 Jun 2016 |
| Sops up |
Universal |
25 Apr 2016 |
| Takes in |
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| Learns |
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| Sops up |
The Washington Post |
28 Nov 2015 |
| Doesn't merely listen to |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2015 |
| Takes in, sucks up |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Feb 2015 |
| Doesn't merely listen to |
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| Sops up |
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| Soaks up |
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| Engages fully |
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| Rivets |
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| Assumes, as costs |
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| What a sponge does |
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| Sucks up |
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| Picks up |
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| Picks up |
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| Assimilates |
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| Assumes, as costs |
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| Takes in |
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| Takes in |
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| Soaks up |
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| Works like a sponge |
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| Takes in |
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| Sponges up |
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| Works like a sponge |
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| Soaks up |
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| Soaks up |
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| What a paper towel does |
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| Sponges up |
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| Sponges |
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| Takes in |
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| Occludes |
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| Assimilates |
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| Takes up |
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| Takes up one's full attention. |
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| Engrosses. |
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| Engrosses wholly. |
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