empty
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There is the issue of empty shops too.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
After the raids, the quinceañera shops, normally packed with girls and doting mothers on weekends, often sat empty.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
The term, which describes an unsettling, empty place lacking signs of life, has now become an object of fascination among young people online.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Writing about the fortifying effect of pairing oysters with cold white wine in “A Moveable Feast,” Ernest Hemingway declared, “I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
As I dozed in an empty coffee bar, my head dropped forward until it rested on the small table in front of me.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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