emptying

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When her husband rushed from work to her side, she relayed what she said the medical team had told her: Inducing delivery or emptying her uterus would be “a crime,” he later told ProPublica.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Adding to that backlash is the last thing needed by the companies emptying their coffers to pull ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

The emptying of state psychiatric hospitals starting in the 1960s has been blamed for rising levels of homelessness over the decades, though how much of a role it played is disputed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

The sight of the away end at Molineux emptying before the final whistle summed it up.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Armed with garbage bags we proceeded grimly through the house, emptying shelves and cabinets and crawl spaces, discovering geometries of dust beneath objects unmoved for years.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs