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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ate by" is not correct in standard written English and does not convey a clear meaning.
It may be intended to describe something consumed or experienced by someone, but it lacks proper context and structure.
Example: "The cake was eaten by the children at the party."
Alternatives: "consumed by" or "devoured by".
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Abdellah, the cook, plied us with home-made doughnuts for breakfast, fresh salads at lunch and rich, spicy tagines at dinner, which we ate by candlelight in the communal tent; at night, we sat round the campfire on deckchairs, the smell of burning juniper wood wafting through the still air.
At first, I ate by myself, hidden behind a book or a newspaper.
"He always ate by himself at the bar," she said, "and I guess he was there enough that he became friendly with Mario.
We cooked as a team - grilling local Sisteron lamb chops, baking Mediterranean bass with herbs from the garden - ate by candlelight at a big oval table in the kitchen, opened Guy and Anne's exquisite magnums and talked until after midnight.
We ate by scavenging.
They ate by the river.
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Tulips get eaten by squirrels".
We eat by candlelight.
He eats by himself".
Some plants eaten by yaks.
Fat liver eaten by fat foodie: gross.
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