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Over the past few days, in an attempt to salvage the obviously empty Board of Peace agreement, Kushner traveled to Egypt, along with his fellow board member and former U.K.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Activities included occupying hostels, moving homeless families into empty houses, and battling with bailiffs.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Customers of Blue Apron and Marley Spoon are demanding refunds and stopping orders due to missing ingredients, empty boxes and delivery delays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The logic of construction in places like Guizhou, with its cooler climates, abundant renewable energy and empty space, is multifaceted.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
By then a raw wind rattled the empty corn shocks, and we were wearing shoes to school.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The Rhine originates in the Swiss Alps, flows through and along the borders of several countries, and empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
She mops the comb plates of escalators, empties trash bins and sweeps the platform of the No. 7 line subway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“A bridge empties when the tolls gets high enough — no demolition required.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Once Tottenham High Road empties of its revellers, the inquest from top to bottom must begin.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
“When the beach empties and there aren’t any little kids in the water.”
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
Baskets I had paused over were emptier when I returned.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Future observers will live in a universe that appears far smaller and emptier than the one we can see today.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
More: Oil settles at highest price in over a week, as supplies ‘are getting emptier each week Hormuz stays closed’
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
The island didn’t just feel emptier, it was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Our house is bags emptier with Julia gone.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Wherever you travel in the universe, whether to a nearby galaxy or to the deepest interior of the emptiest void, you will never truly be alone.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
Its new analysis—based on recent Chicago Public Schools data— shows that at least 255 of Chicago’s school buildings are underutilized, with the 10 emptiest schools operating at just 11% capacity on average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
So it’s nice that Anne-Lise Millan-Brun, the founder of a bicycle school in Paris, has chosen as a training ground one of the emptiest places in this crowded city.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
San Francisco: “The Daily” covered how the City by the Bay’s downtown became the emptiest in America.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
"I read a line that said, 'You are like pomegranates split open. Even the emptiest among you are as full of good as a pomegranate is of seed.'"
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
A blaze near Plomari, the old ouzo town on the island’s south coast, was eating coastal homes while roughly 100 firefighters fought it, and a seaside resort emptied into the dark.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Some people may also feel as though the bowel has not emptied completely.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Heham Hryhorian, who runs a resort in the region, said it felt like a horror movie after the 2022 invasion emptied out the hotels, bars and restaurants here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Everybody feels better after a bowel movement. So if you gave yourself an enema that really made you feel like you were emptied, you’ll feel good. It doesn’t mean your health is better.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
He pushed the pile in and emptied it in the trash.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
The pace would put Lineage on track to finish emptying its freezers within two weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
When infected mosquitoes are found, workers treat the area where they were collected with adulticide and conduct “source reduction,” a sophisticated way of describing what usually amounts to emptying containers of standing water.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
That changed more recently as the value of emptying office buildings plummeted, enabling developers to acquire these towers for pennies on the dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Footage captured O'Hara and Stewart emptying the cans as McLaughlin climbed onto the roof.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
She sat down and pushed me aside, emptying the box onto the floor and sorting the letters into piles with the speed of a postal worker.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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