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empty

[emp-tee] / ˈɛmp ti /






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The star of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” is seated by a window in an empty Starbucks within a downtown Salt Lake City hotel, reflecting on her relationship troubles in an interview Feb. 19.

From Los Angeles Times

Often, the instinct is to just begin: grab a garbage bag, empty the freezer, start wiping baseboards, briefly consider alphabetizing your spices.

From Salon

Outside of central London, north Norfolk had the highest level of homes either lying empty or infrequently used in England.

From BBC

When Bernie finds the restaurant empty and a veal stock reduced to the consistency of “cold blood,” she thinks Tirel is making an aspic for the party.

From Los Angeles Times

In the Johannesburg suburb of Greenside, a large group of protesters of all ages and backgrounds are waving placards and banging empty plastic bottles together.

From BBC