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The gene's attempted transfer therefore ended as a jump into an empty cell.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Seehorn has come up empty three times before, twice for “Better Call Saul” and once for the short “Cooper’s Bar.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Fin Colleton spent the early days of the pandemic like many: alone in an empty house, isolated from anyone for months at a stretch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
They collect heat and organic matter, which mosquitoes feed on during their larval stage, and are almost impossible to empty once water pools inside.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
The dog appears at my side, nearly tripping me, but besides him, the gravel road is empty.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Calderas form when an eruption empties such an enormous volume of magma that the ground above the reservoir collapses.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
BuzzBallz's UK FAQs, now also deleted, stated: "Yes, our packaging is recyclable. Please recycle your empties where local facilities allow."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“A bridge empties when the tolls gets high enough — no demolition required.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Flores checks for spills, then empties the mug back into the pot by hand and does it again — hundreds of times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
After sixth-period lunch is over, the entire school population empties into the football stadium.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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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
All markets had load factor decreases in the quarter, with planes on its crucial North Atlantic routes flying 2.4 percentage points emptier and leading the falls, IAG said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
The streets of Tokyo are still emptier than I’ve ever seen them.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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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
Per pupil spending in the district is $19,798, but per pupil costs at the 10 emptiest schools is double—almost $38,000.
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
Certainly it was the emptiest of his threats, for he was nothing if not a provider and a bulwark.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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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
I emptied it into my hand and the next moment was staring in disbelief at my Alpina watch.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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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
In a slowly emptying village in northern Kazakhstan, wild grass engulfed the entrances of abandoned apartment blocks, as children's songs spilled into the street from the only building still occupied.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
“The U.S. oil export machine is clearly unsustainable, though, and will incrementally slow down as commercial crude inventories are emptying and SPR has been drawn to historic lows,” he says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Researchers wanted to determine whether the same genetic changes also affected GLP-1, a hormone released from the gut that helps control blood sugar after eating by stimulating insulin production, slowing stomach emptying, and reducing appetite.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Outside, Deydey worked continually, emptying pots from inside and chopping holes in ice, fishing to keep them strong, making sure the water in their kettle was always fresh and clear, their wood piled high.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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