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[emp-tee] / ˈɛmp ti /






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Six years later, it remains mostly empty, aside from a small elementary school founded by Bhakta’s wife, with the bigger development plans called off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

"Rents are down, there's a lot of empty spaces, so landlords are willing to pretty much take just about anybody," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The water spill occurred during a routine effort to empty what the Orange County Health Care Agency called an “onsite stormwater/condensation tank located in an area unrelated to the incident site.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

That exchange came after the U.S. disabled an empty oil tanker that tried to breach its blockade of Iran’s ports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

We empty and refill drawers stuffed with loose drill bits and wood screws, batteries, rolls of tape, and twenty-year-old receipts for two-dollar bottles of glue.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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